1. After getting the conclusions from reviewers, the executive editor sends them to the author for correspondence without specifying the reviewers' data, for comment response, making appropriate changes and resubmitting the publication via the electronic platform. 

2. The author(s) may without explanation refuses to reply to comments, make changes to the publication and send it back to the editorial office of the «Central Asia's Affairs» journal. 

3. After making changes to the manuscript in accordance with the comments of the reviewers, the author sends a new version of the manuscript to the editor through the electronic platform.

4. After comment response, amendments for elimination and re-sending it to the journal's editorial board, the scientific editor forwards all materials to the reviewer (s) for re-review by electronic platform.

5. The manuscript with positive conclusions from two reviewers and a responsible editor is recommended for publication in the journal «Central Asia's Affairs» according to the priority of their adoption for publication. The manuscripts approved by the editorial board are referred to the responsible secretary to form the journal issue.

6. If one of the reviewers provided a positive opinion on the manuscript and the second – a negative one, the manuscript is sent by the scientific editor to the third reviewer or a member of the editorial board who is an expert on the subject of the manuscript. If a third reviewer or member of the editorial board provides a positive conclusion, the final decision to accept/reject the publication of the manuscript is made by the scientific editor of the «Central Asia's Affairs» journal.

7. In the case of two negative reviews, the manuscript is rejected from publication in the journal. The editor or executive secretary notifies the author for correspondence of the refusal to publish and sends the opinions of reviewers.

8.The articles rejected by the editorial board based on the results of the review are not used by the editorial board for their own purposes. 

9.The manuscript reviews are stored for three years in electronic format on the journal's electronic platform.

10. The period for reviewing is assigned by the editor responsible for the article, and the period for reviewing the manuscript by the reviewers is no more than one months from the date of sending the material to the reviewers.