Review Procedure
The review procedure entails the following :
- The editor reviews the submitted article for appropriate format and consistency with the mission of the journal. The author(s) is notified if the article is unsuitable for further consideration.
- Article that passes the primary review is sent to a minimum of one reviewer for formal review.
- The editor assesses comments and recommendations of the reviewer/s and informs the author(s) of the decision concerning the publication of the manuscript (reject, accept, or revise/resubmit). The decision and comments of the reviewer(s), without disclosing his / her identity, are sent to the author(s) for complying with the reviewer(s) comments and returning the revised manuscript to the editor within the specified period along with a separate statement showing how and where the comments of the reviewer(s) have been addressed.
- Revised manuscript is sent back to the original reviewer along with the statement of author’s response.
- The process will continue as described above until a final publication decision is made.
- Consistent with our Publications Ethics Policy on plagiarism, all articles are routinely processed through plagiarism software before publication to identify text taken from published and unpublished works, print or digital, that is not properly cited or quoted.