Editorial Policies

Peer Review

Farmeconomia. Health Economics and Therapeutic Pathways uses a double-blind peer-review process. Submissions are first checked by the Managing Editor for their completeness, quality, plagiarism, proper anonymization, and adherence to the author guidelines. Only manuscripts that pass this initial assessment are sent for double-blind peer review by at least two independent experts.

Open Access

Farmeconomia. Health Economics and Therapeutic Pathways provides immediate open access to all of its articles (both HTML and PDF versions) on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

The journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all the published articles, in accordance with the CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Any different use requires prior permission.

 

All content is freely available as both HTML and PDF files. The journal:

  1. Provides open access without delay (e.g., no embargo period).
  2. Does not charge authors, readers, or their institutions any fees for access.

For information on the article processing charges (APCs) applicable to authors, please click here.

Archiving

Farmeconomia. Health Economics and Therapeutic Pathways ensures the secure and permanent preservation of your content by storing all articles through the Public Knowledge Project Private LOCKSS Network (PKP PLN).

The journal also retains copies of all submitted manuscripts and supporting files.

Ethical Guidelines

Please, click here to read the complete guidelines.

Peer Review Process

This journal uses a double-blind peer-review system. A summary of the peer-review process is available here.

  1. Author Submits the Manuscript

Authors usually submit their manuscript via the OJS system. Occasionally, the journal may accept submissions by email.

  1. Managing Editor’s First Assessment

All manuscripts undergo an initial review by the Managing Editor, who checks for:

  • Quality and consistency;
  • Plagiarism, using the iThenticate software and following the COPE guidelines;
  • Anonymization consistent with the double-blind peer-review process; and
  • Adherence to the journal’s Author Guidelines.

If the manuscript is not appropriate for the journal, or is not sufficiently original and interesting, it may be promptly rejected.

Manuscripts that pass this assessment proceed to peer-review.

  1. Peer-Review Process

The Managing Editor identifies potential Reviewers from the SEEd database and PubMed and sends invitations. Two to four Reviewers are required. Reviewers are usually given about four weeks to to complete their review, provide a recommendation, and submit the checklist via web.

  1. Managing Editor and Editor in Chief’s Evaluation

The Managing Editor receives the Reviewers’ comments and recommendations and shares them with the Editor in Chief. If the Reviewers’ comments differ significantly, an additional Reviewer may be invited to help make a final decision on the manuscript.

The final Managing Editor’s decision may be one of the following:

  • Accept submission without editorial revisions.
  • Minor revisions required: Authors are invited to revise the manuscript to address specific concerns. Revised manuscripts are evaluated by the Managing Editor and the Editor in Chief.
  • Major revisions required: Authors are invited to substantially revise the manuscript in terms of consistency, writing, and organization before reconsideration. Resubmitted manuscripts are reviewed by the Managing Editor and Reviewers.
  • Decline submission: the paper is not suitable for publication in the journal, usually because of insufficient conceptual advance, major technical and/or interpretational problems, poor quality, or ethical problems.

Once the final decision has been made, the Managing Editor informs the Authors. In all cases, the Reviewers’ comments are sent to the Authors.

  1. Next Steps

If the manuscript is accepted, the Managing Editor sends it to the editing process and checks all legal and administrative documentation. Finally, after payment of the APC, the paper is published.