To ensure the high-quality standards of the scientific journals published by the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, the scientific papers received from the authors worldwide are subject to blind peer reviewing by a National / International Group of experts.

The objective of the scientific evaluation is for all the papers accepted for publication to have a high value of the scientific content and bring significant and original contributions to the specific topic.

Peer-review objectives and criteria

1. The Peer-Review Editorial Board members ensure that:

• the title of the paper corresponds to the topics of the journal;
• the paper is original;
• the paper has an adequate scientific content;

2. The International Peer-Review will be ensured by the members of the Scientific Board, who are well-known experts in their field of activity (including professors, senior lecturers and researchers). The peer reviewing of the scientific papers will take into consideration the following criteria:

• the paper format complies with the Instructions for authors;
• the abstract clearly presents the content of the paper;
• the Introduction section synthetically presents the problem under investigation and presents the main information and results flow existing in the field (State of the art);
• the Materials and Methods sections presents enough information related to materials, equipment and techniques which are suitable described, and methods, standards and measurements which are appropriate to use for the goal of the research;
• the Results and Discussions section is accurately presented and commented, and the outcomes improve the knowledge in the field;
• the Conclusions section briefly presents the main ideas and results of the research, comprising in a complete, concise and clear perspective;
• the References section contains recent publication titles, and all the cited sources in the scientific paper are presented in this section;
• the paper presents actual, original and relevant information and brings new aspects, opinions, methods, contributions to the field;
• technical quality: the appropriate use of terminology; the clearness of the tables, figures etc;
• the information in the paper is clearly presented and approached in a logical manner;
• the paper presents detailed research.

Peer-Review Process:

Workflow

Stages:

1. Authors upload the scientific paper (electronic format) on the Online Platform (link will be available soon).
2. During the process, the authors receive an automatic message, confirming that the file (full paper) has been successfully uploaded on the platform.
3. Editorial Board members assign the submitted paper to reviewers for blind Peer-Review.
4. The reviewers evaluate the paper and, if the case, send feedback to the authors (the names of the authors and the reviewers are not disclosed in the process).
5. The authors solve the received feedback, if the case, and re-upload the new modified file (full paper) online (overwriting the old paper). The reviewers are automatically notified that the authors have re-uploaded the modified scientific paper.
6. The peer reviewers verify that the feedback has been correctly and completely solved, they fill-in the evaluation forms and send it to the Editorial Board with the recommendation to accept or reject the scientific paper.
7. The Editorial Board members, based on the evaluations from the peer reviewers, decide to accept or reject the scientific paper.
8. Authors receive an automatic email message, confirming that the file (full paper) has been accepted for publication or rejected.
   There are four possible outcomes:
   a)　Accept: the paper will be published without any revision;
   b)　Minor revision;
   c)　Major revision;
   d)　Reject: the paper will not be published.

9. Authors pay the participation fee (if the case) for the accepted papers and upload the copy of the payment documents on the online platform.
10. The accepted papers print format is validated by the Publishing House.
11. The final format of the paper is published in electronic format on the Journal of Industrial Engineering and Robotics website https://industrialengineeringjournal.eu/