Peer Review Process
Every manuscript goes through the following stages:
- Initial screening by the editor (within 7 days): fit with the scope, use of the template, and a similarity check with [Turnitin]. Manuscripts with similarity above 20% are returned to the authors.
- Double-blind peer review by at least two independent reviewers with expertise in the field. Author and reviewer identities are concealed from each other. Review takes 2 to 4 weeks.
- Editorial decision: accept, minor revision, major revision, or reject, based on originality, methodological soundness, clarity, and scholarly contribution.
- Revision by the authors within 2 weeks, with a point-by-point response to the reviewers.
- Copyediting and layout, after which the authors check the galley proof before publication.
Manuscripts authored by an editor, editorial board member, or reviewer of this journal are handled by another editor with no conflict of interest, and the author has no access to their own review. Such articles make up no more than 25% of any issue. Each article displays its received, revised, accepted, and published dates.
