This section describes the journal’s peer review process and policy, outlining the procedures and ethical principles that ensure a fair, thorough, and transparent evaluation of submitted manuscripts.

 

1) Type of Peer Review: 

This journal follows a double-blind peer review process. Both the reviewers and authors remain anonymous to each other to ensure impartiality.

 

2) Initial Manuscript Evaluation:

All manuscripts are initially reviewed by the editorial team to determine whether they meet
the basic journal standards in terms of scope, originality, and formatting. Manuscripts that
fail to meet these criteria may be desk rejected without further review.

 

3) Reviewer Selection:

Reviewers are selected based on their expertise, research experience, and publication history
relevant to the manuscript topic. The journal maintains a diverse database of qualified reviewers.

 

4) Review Process:
 Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.
 Reviewers evaluate the manuscript for originality, methodology, clarity, significance, and relevance to the journal’s scope.
 The turnaround period typically takes 4-6 weeks, though the duration may vary depending on the complexity of the submission and the availability of reviewers. The journal strives to complete the entire process efficiently, with an average timeline of 7-10 weeks.

 

5) Review Outcome:
Based on the reviewers' reports, the editor will make one of the following decisions:

 Accept
 Minor Revision
 Major Revision
 Reject

Authors will receive anonymized reviewer comments and editorial recommendations. Revised manuscripts may be sent for further rounds of review depending on the extent of revision required.

 

6) Conflict of Interest:

Reviewers and editors must disclose any potential conflict of interest and recuse themselves from the review process if necessary.

 

7) Ethical Considerations:

All invitations to review, abstracts, manuscripts, and reviews should be kept confidential. Reviewers must not share their review or information about the review process with anyone without the agreement of the editors and authors involved, even after publication.

The journal upholds high ethical standards in all aspects of the publication process, emphasizing integrity in research, fairness in peer review, transparency in authorship, and respect for intellectual property. Plagiarism, data fabrication, and ethical misconduct will lead to immediate rejection.

 

8) Appeals and Complaints:

Authors may appeal editorial decisions by providing a detailed justification. All appeals are considered by the editorial board.