The final decision to publish a manuscript after two positive reviews is made by the members of the Editorial Board and the issue editors, with no outside influence.

In its peer review policy, Rhetoric and Communication shares and adheres to the following official documents:

Sources:

[1] COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers. https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/cope-ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers.

[2] Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK) – Elsevier. https://beta.elsevier.com/editor/perk?trial=true.

[3] CSE White Paper on Publication Ethics.  https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/resource-library/editorial-policies/white-paper-on-publication-ethics.

[4] The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity: Revised Edition, ALLEA (2017). http://www.allea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ALLEA-European-Code-of-Conduct-for-Research-Integrity-2017.pdf.

[5] European Code of Research Integrity: revised edition (Европейски етичен кодекс за почтеност на научните изследвания: Преработено издание), ALLEA. http://www.allea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ALLEA-European-Code-of-Conduct-for-Research-Integrity-2017-Digital_BG_FINAL.pdf.