Publication Ethics

 

• The contributions must meet the scientific standards of the respective disciplines.

 

• Compliance with the rules of good scientific practice is the prerequisite for publication (see brill.com/page/ethics/publication-ethics-cope-compliance and oeawi.at/richtlinien/).

 

• If there are any doubts regarding the compliance with scientific standards and the novelty of the paper when submitting a paper, the editorial team will contact and consult with members of the scientific board from the respective subject area.

 

• The quality of all the contributions and compliance with all standards is ensured by the double blind-peer review process.

 

• If in doubt about the scientific standards of a paper, the authors will be contacted to consult with them.

 

• Submitted contributions will of course not be passed on to third parties.

 

• In the event of rejection, the authors will receive a written explanation.

 

• Complaints are discussed by the editorial team in cooperation with the editorial team, and the persons concerned will receive some feedback. If the problem cannot be solved in this way, the appropriate service facilities of the University of Vienna will be contacted.

 

• The editorial and publishing team is committed to the standards of scientific work.

 

• The interdisciplinary editorial board, in cooperation with the reviewers, ensures that ethical standards of scientific work are maintained and discusses problematic cases. The respective authors will be contacted. If there is no solution, the appropriate service facilities of the University of Vienna will be contacted.

 

• Contributions are selected solely on the basis of their scientific content.

 

• In researching the reciprocal influence of processes of social and religious change the RaT-book series is committed to the freedom of scientific research.