Submission
1st of April
Full paper submission.
1st of November
Full paper submission.
Peer-review
The peer review process is essential in terms of quality as the articles
that have undertaken the process are considered highly credible because
they have undergone scrutiny by experts with particular knowledge in
the topic. The primary aims of peer review are 2-fold: to decide whether
or not an article should be published (based on quality and relevance
to the journal), and to improve the article before publication
Internal Peer Review Process
All submissions first go through an internal peer review process. Each
submission is reviewed by the editor assigned by the editorial secretary
who makes an initial decision to send the manuscript out for peer review
or to reject without external review. Articles can be rejected at this
stage for a variety of reasons such as similarity with a recently published
article, the topic is outside of the scope of the Journal, little new
information is provided, important flaws in the scientific validity,
or an unprofessional presentation. This process normally takes two days.
If the editor believes the article may be of interest to our readers,
it is then sent out for external peer review.
External Double-Blind Peer Review Process
The editors upon consulting the editorial board identify potential reviewers
based on their expertise in the field, rigor and scientific methodology.
Two reviewers are thus identified for each submitted manuscript. Upon
reviewers' recommendations, the manuscript can be accepted, sent back
to author for minor revisions, sent back to author to be resubmitted
or rejected.
The Editor's Decision
The assessments from the reviewers obtained, the editor assigned to
the manuscript makes a judgment that takes into consideration the critiques
and recommendations from the peer reviewers, relevance, and usefulness
to researchers, professors and other likely interested readers. Editors
consult with one another in the process. In the end, the editor and
the honorary editor decide based on the reviews and the assigned editor
recommendations whether an article will be published, rejected or postponed
for the next issue. We also take into account the number of manuscripts
in the queue to be published as well as our impression that the paper
can be suitably revised. The authors will be announced by the editorial
secretary upon this decision in due time.
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