Manuscript preparation:

Authors must use the provided Microsoft Word .docx template to prepare their manuscripts. If available, ORCID identifiers of the authors should be included into the manuscript. The template contains all stylistic requirements, including font type and size for titles, subtitles and the main text, captioning of figure and tables etc. All figures and tables must be inserted into their intended place. A minimum of 300 DPI resolution is required in case of figures. Vancouver style references with DOI numbers are required, use of reference management software like Zotero or Mendeley is advised. American English and spelling should be used. Both research and review papers must start with a 200-250 word long abstract, indicating the scope and main conclusions of the paper. After the abstract, the manuscript must be organized according to the following chapters: introduction, materials and methods (except review articles), results, discussion, conclusions, (acknowledgements) and references. The overall length of the manuscript, excluding the references, should be between 8000 and 16000 characters without spacing.   

Peer-review process:

The peer-review process begins with the editorial check of the format of the manuscript. If the submitted file does not meet the requirements set within the template file, the manuscript will be rejected. Also, the peer-review process cannot start without a properly filled Declaration by the Authors document. After the format of the manuscript is checked, content is further evaluated by the editors, if it is sufficiently original and interesting. Invitation to Reviewers –at least two reviewers per manuscript - are assigned by the editors to review a manuscript. De Remediis uses double blind review policy. As responses are received, further invitations are issued, if necessary, until at least 2 acceptances are obtained. Reviewers are chosen based on their scientific expertise and publication activity. If there are serious methodological errors, low levels of results, or missing discussions, the reviewer can reject the manuscript without further consideration. Specific issues must be marked in their respective lines and their corresponding figures or tables if necessary. General recommendations regarding the article and spell checking is also encouaraged to be included into the review report. Reports should be returned to the journal within 20 days. The review is then submitted to the journal, according to the following possible decisions:

A: accepted without change,

B: minor revisions required,

C: major revisions required,

D: resubmission after modifications,

E: rejected.

The editors consider the returned reviews before making an overall decision. If the reviews differ widely, the editors invite and additional reviewer so as to get an extra opinion before making a decision. The editors decide on the publication of papers, taking into account peer reviews, scientific importance, and recommendations of the Editorial Board members. The decision is communicated. The editors send a decision email to the correspondence author including any relevant comments. If the manuscript is accepted, the manuscript is sent to production. If the article is rejected or sent back for either major or minor revision, the editors include the comments from the reviewers to help the authors improve the paper. If the paper was sent back to authors for revision, the reviewers should expect to receive a new version, unless they have opted out of further participation. However, where only minor changes were requested, this follow-up review might be done by the editors. De Remediis provides 10 days for resubmitting manuscripts after major or minor revisions which can be extended if further experiments are required. After acceptance, proof reading by the authors is required within 3 days. Proof readed and author accepted versions will be publicated in the next issue of  De Remediis.