Submissions made to Civitas. Studia z Filozofii Polityki are subject to an Editorial Screening or an initial assessment by a Guest Editor, the results thereof being twofold:

• either to reject the Manuscript based on its non-compliance with standards related to structure, content, language, ethics or other justified reasons,
• or to send the Manuscript for review.

Manuscripts accepted in the Preliminary Editorial Evaluation are subject to double-blind review (confidential, with both parties remaining anonymous).

Manuscripts accepted in the Preliminary Editorial Evaluation are subject to review by at least two independent Reviewers. By independent it shall be understood that Reviewers have no common affiliation, do not work closely together and do not remain in any business or personal relationships with the Author(s).

The review procedure is external and only in duly justified circumstances is it possible for the Reviewer to be a member of the Editorial Team. Neither the Editor-in-Chief nor the Guest Editor review the Manuscripts. Authors of Manuscripts previously published in Civitas. Studia z Filozofii Polityki may be invited to review a Manuscript.

If one review is positive and the other negative, the Editorial Team or Guest Editor have the right - following an in-depth discussion - to decide on the acceptance or rejection of the Manuscript or to appoint a third Reviewer.

If major changes to the Manuscript with further review were recommended, two Reviewers shall be nominated. Whenever possible, these are the Reviewers from the first review round, their task being to investigate whether the revised Manuscript was prepared according to their recommendations. If it is not possible for first round Reviewers to review the revised Manuscript, new Reviewers are selected from among researchers who have documented by publications experience in the subject matter of the Manuscript.

Based on the Reviewer recommendations, the Editorial Team or the Guest Editor decide whether to: a) send the Author a rejection decision along with a justification (whole or part of the review and possibly an additional opinion by a member of the Editorial Team), b) send the Author conditional acceptance decision with remarks along with a list of required modifications (recommendations to be sent include both Reviewer recommendations and recommendations by the Editorial Team); revisions shall be made before proceeding any further, c) assign a third Reviewer and send her/him the Manuscript for additional review, d) send the Author unconditional acceptance decision.

If the Author receives conditional acceptance decision, (s)he is obliged to make all the necessary revisions or respond to each remark, accusation, suggestion.

The Author shall submit a revised version of the Manuscript within 30 days. Delayed resubmission may result in a deferred or declined publication.