Review rules
The author posts the article on the journal's website via the OJS (Open Journal System).
The editor checks the article for compliance with the journal's direction and sections, article formatting requirements, and checks for plagiarism using the Antiplagiat system.
The editor assigns reviewers to an accepted article by an author.
The reviewer reviews the article sent to him/her within the established deadlines in the OJS online review system, the maximum review period is 2 weeks. A review template is used.
The reviewer submits one of the following decisions to the editorial board of the journal:
- except for publication;
- accept conditionally (send for revision);
- reject (recall).
Based on the opinions of internal and external reviewers, the journal's editorial board makes one of the following decisions:
- if two positive reviews are received, the article is published in one of the issues of the journal;
- in the event of disagreement between reviewers, the final decision on publication of the article is made by the editorial board;
- if there are any significant comments, the article is returned to the author to correct the comments (the deadline is set by the editor-in-chief), the revised version is sent for re-review;
- if a repeated negative review is received, the article is rejected and will not be subject to further consideration.
Note: The editorial board has the right to reject an article at any stage of work on the article. The author is notified of the decision in the online journal system (OJS).
Reviewing
Articles submitted to the journal "Primary Education" undergo double-blind peer review. Only scientific articles prepared in strict accordance with the requirements for articles and verified in the "Antiplagiat" system (threshold level 75%) are allowed to be reviewed.
Reviewers are scientists who have publications on the subject of the article being reviewed, who are not members of the editorial board, from among scientists of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (internal reviewers) and other universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan, near and far abroad (external reviewers). Reviewers are appointed by the decision of the editorial board from the database of reviewers registered in the online system of the journal.
Review requirements:
- objectively evaluate a scientific article;
- contain a comprehensive analysis of the conformity of the article’s content with the thematic areas of the journal;
- assess the conformity of the content with the stated topic;
- evaluate the quality of the abstract and keywords;
- evaluate the novelty and practical significance of the research results;
- assess the presence of links to Kazakh and foreign bibliographic sources.
The clarity of presentation of scientific material, the presence of grammatical, punctuation and logical errors are also assessed.
Confidentiality
Materials and unpublished data submitted for review may not be used by reviewers in their personal research without the written consent of the author(s). The results of the review are confidential. Reviewers, in case of a conflict of interest, are not allowed to review the article.