NATO STO Review
Definition of the Journal
As NATO’s leading organization for Science and Technology (S&T), the STO delivers innovation, advice and scientific solutions to meet the Alliance’s ever-changing needs through the work of the collaborative expert panels and the in-house executive body that are composed of leading scientists and experts from NATO and Partner nations.
National representatives collaborate towards reaching the forefront of S&T through collaborative working programme.
The NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) Journal is a peer-reviewed open access journal devoted to the advancement of Science and Technology for the Alliance’s defence and security purposes through the dissemination of original full scientific research papers covering new theoretical developments and/or experimental results related to NATO S&T Activities.
NATO STO S&T activities embrace scientific research, technology development, transition, application and field-testing, experimentation including systems engineering, operational research and analysis, synthesis, integration and validation of knowledge derived through the scientific method.
Peer Review
Peer review is the process of subjecting an author’s research to the review of others who are experts in the same field, traditionally but not necessarily, prior to presenting their work at a conference and/or publication in a journal. The main role of the peer review process is to reinforce the credibility of research by facilitating its evaluation and to improve the overall quality of published papers.
The principal types of peer reviews are single blind, and double blind. In a single blind peer review, the reviewers’ identity is kept anonymous from the authors. However, the reviewers can see the author details. In a double blind peer-review, the identity of both the author and reviewer is kept hidden[1].
The STO Journal per review process follows the single blind peer review.
Purpose of the peer reviewed STO Journal
The general purpose of this scientific review is to help to highlight and to promote the undoubtedly outstanding scientific achievements carried out under the STO Collaborative Programme of Work and Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation activities, to guarantee scientific excellence by meeting academic standards of selected events allowing authors to be recognized amongst their peers. Therefore, the peer review process adds weight and legitimacy to the manuscripts of the authors of STO Events by checking on the best execution of the manuscripts submitted and ensuring a good interpretation of the research results.