Reviewing

The Editorial Board of the scientific collected papers “Optoelectronics and Semiconductor Technology” ensures professional, objective, and impartial peer review of manuscripts submitted for publication. The purpose of peer review is to assess the scientific level, relevance, novelty, reliability of results, methodological correctness, compliance with the journal’s scope, and adherence by authors to the principles of academic integrity.

Only materials that correspond to the journal’s profile, are prepared in accordance with the Editorial Board’s requirements, and have not been previously published or simultaneously submitted to other journals are accepted for consideration. After the initial screening of a manuscript, the Editorial Board evaluates its compliance with the thematic areas of the collected papers, formal requirements, anti-plagiarism policy, and general criteria for a scientific publication.

All original research articles undergo peer review involving at least two independent reviewers who are specialists in the relevant scientific field. Members of the Editorial Board, as well as leading Ukrainian and international researchers with appropriate qualifications, publication experience, and no conflict of interest with the authors of the manuscript, may be involved in the review process.

Reviewers evaluate manuscripts according to the following main criteria: relevance of the topic; scientific novelty; validity of the research problem; correctness of the methods used; reliability of experimental, theoretical, or computational results; logical structure of presentation; correspondence of conclusions to the obtained results; completeness and relevance of the cited sources; quality of illustrative material; compliance with the journal’s scope and publication ethics requirements.

Based on the results of peer review, a reviewer may recommend that the manuscript be accepted for publication; accepted after minor revision; returned to the authors for substantial revision and subsequent reconsideration; or rejected. The final decision on publication is made by the Editorial Board, taking into account the reviewers’ conclusions, the authors’ responses, the scientific level of the work, and the manuscript’s compliance with the journal’s editorial policy.

If comments are provided, the authors must revise the manuscript and submit the corrected version to the Editorial Board together with a response to the reviewers’ comments. The response should clearly indicate what changes have been made to the text and provide reasoned explanations for any comments with which the authors disagree.

Peer review is carried out in compliance with the principles of confidentiality. Reviewers may not use manuscript materials, ideas, data, methods, or results for their own purposes before the official publication of the article. If a conflict of interest exists, the reviewer must inform the Editorial Board and decline to evaluate the relevant manuscript.

The Editorial Board ensures the objectivity of the peer review procedure and does not allow discrimination against authors on the basis of citizenship, place of work, academic degree, position, gender, age, political, religious, or other beliefs. Decisions on publication are made solely on the basis of the scientific quality of the manuscript, its compliance with the journal’s scope, and adherence to ethical and editorial requirements.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject a manuscript without sending it for external review if it does not correspond to the journal’s scope, has an obviously insufficient scientific level, contains signs of plagiarism or other violations of academic integrity, does not comply with formatting requirements, or contradicts the editorial policy of the publication.