1. Scholarly articles submitted to the editor of Reporter of the Association of Drilling Contractors are subject to mandatory peer review.

2. Deputy editor-in-chief checks articles for compliance with the scope of the journal, design requirements and the scientific context of the manuscript.

3. Following the preliminary review, the editor-in-chief sends the article for peer review to a specialist, doctor or candidate of sciences who is an expert in the field discussed in the article.

4. The peer review period should not exceed 1 month and may, in some cases, be changed by the editor-in-chief to ensure prompt publication of an article.

5. The reviewer’s comments are along the lines of the following:

• whether or not the article content corresponds to the theme defined in the title of the article;
• whether or not the article meets modern standards, both in theory and practice, of the discipline;
• whether or not the article is readable in terms of style, quality of illustrative tables, charts, figures and formulas;
• whether or not the article is significant against the background of previous papers covering this theme;
• whether or not the article describes research methodology and its conclusions and findings are well-grounded;
• whether or not any flaws can be spotted and what kind of corrections and additions the author should make;
  whether or not publication is recommended if the reviewer’s suggestions for change have been met;
• well-grounded reasons why publication is not recommended should be given.

6. The referee’s conclusions should be certified in accordance with procedures adopted by the referee’s organization.

7. Peer review is anonymous. Anonymity may only be relinquished in the event that the reviewer has found the research included in the article to be misleading or falsified. The author of the article under review may see the referee’s evaluations.

8. In the event that the referee recommends to correct and improve the article, the deputy editor-in-chief passes the referee’s comments back to the author for revision or a well-reasoned reply to the referee’s criticisms.

9. Re-submission of articles rejected by the referee is not allowed. Negative review will be emailed, faxed or sent by post to the author.

10. Following the revision of the article, the editor-in-chief sends the revised version for further review.

11. Positive review is not a sufficient reason to publish an article. The final decision on publication is made by the editorial board meeting.

12. Once the editor-in-chief makes the decision to publish an article, the author is informed about the time of publication. The referee’s evaluation is emailed, faxed or sent by post to the author.

13. Original copies of the referee’s evaluations are kept in the office of the journal, “Reporter of the Association of Drilling Contractors”, for a period of 5 years.

14. Revision of publication to the authors of submissions or copies of reviews of a reasoned refusal, and also undertakes to send copies of reviews in the Ministry of Education and Science for admission to the editor publication prompted.