Peer Review Process

  1. Editor receiving manuscript from author (One editor is assigned to one article).
  2. Editor evaluates manuscript (journal aim and scope, in-house style, supplementary data); (rejected if criteria are not met).
  3. Editor screening for plagiarism on offline and online database manually; (Rejected if found major plagiarism, contacted author if found redundancy or minor plagiarism for clarification).
  4. The editor distributes the manuscript and review form to two reviewers (single blind review; reviewers remain anonymous to the authors).
  5. Reviewer send back his review form to Editor (with revised manuscript if necessary).
  6. Editor decision (rejected, require major revision, need minor revision, or accepted).
  7. Confirmation to the Author.
  8. If revision, author revised manuscripts and should be returned to the editor without delay. Returns received more than three months after the initial submission will be considered new submissions.