EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The editorial bodies include: Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor and Editorial Board.
Editor-in-Chief is appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Managing Editor is appointed by the Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial Board is appointed by the Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial operations related to content and peer review are independent and free from the influence of the entities that support the journal.
The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to Journal of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture will be published. The Editor-in-Chief is guided by the Editorial Policy and constrained by legal requirements in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.
The Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to decide not to publish submitted manuscripts in case it is found that they do not meet relevant standards concerning the content and formal aspects. The Editorial Staff will inform the authors whether the manuscript is accepted for publication within reasonable time from the date of the manuscript submission.
Editor-in-Chief must have no conflict of interest with regard to the articles they consider for publication. If the Editor-in-Chief feels that there is likely to be a perception of a conflict of interest in relation to their handling of a submission, the selection of reviewers and all decisions on the manuscript shall be made by the Managing Editor. If the Managing Editor feels that there is likely to be a perception of a conflict of interest in relation to their handling of a submission, the selection of reviewers and all decisions on the manuscript shall be made by the member of the Editorial Board that does not have conflict of interest nor perceived conflict of interest.
Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor and Editorial Board shall evaluate manuscripts for their scientific content free from any bias.
The Editor and the Editorial Staff must not use unpublished materials disclosed in submitted manuscripts without the express written consent of the authors. The information and ideas presented in submitted manuscripts shall be kept confidential and must not be used for personal gain.
Editors and the Editorial Staff shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that the reviewers remain anonymous to the authors before, during and after the evaluation process and the authors remain anonymous to reviewers until the end of the review procedure.