Peer review process

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 After the manuscript has been undergone the editorial screening, the manuscript will enter the peer-review process.

 Step 1:

 The Editor-in-Chief will authorize the editors/section editors to send the invitation to identified reviewers who are selected and included in the reviewer list approved by the Editor-in-Chief. The maximum response time for both the editor and reviewer is 03 days.

 Step 2:

 The Journal has implemented a double-blind review policy. The peer-review process is confidential and conducted anonymously, and all information will be exchanged through the Journal, if any.

 The maximum duration of the review process is 20 days (first round) and 07 days (second round) of receiving a manuscript and accepting the review invitation.

 The Editor,
 Feedback from the authors

 Step 3:

 After having the result of the first round, the Editor-in-Chief /editors then make a decision, in the light of the reviewers/editors’ advice, among four options: (1) Accept submission; (2) Revisions required; (3) Re-submit for review (second round); (4) Decline submission.

 All manuscripts will go through at least one round of review, sometimes two, based on the recommendation from the first reviewer, decided by the Editor-in-Chief/editors.

 Authors can track the manuscripts’ status, shown on the status column of the online system. At the same time, the editor will email the review result - the editor’s decision (one out of four options) attached the revision request for the manuscript’s content/format (if it is options (2), (3), and the apparent reasons if it is the option (4)).

 The Reviewers

Reviewer (Round two)

 ≤ 20 days

≤ 7 days

 RF

 Step 4:

 In the light of fist reviewers/editors’ recommendations (round one), if the decision is (2) Revisions required or (3) Resubmit for review (second round): within 10 days, the revised papers are sent back to the Journal accompanied by a point-by-point response to all the specific concerns given by the reviewers/editors. Regarding option (3), all the review processes (first and second round) will be repeatedly implemented. If the manuscripts are evaluated by two or three reviewers, the process will happen as same as the first review.

All manuscripts could be reviewed by typically one reviewer, sometimes two or three if particular advice is needed (could be parallelly or serially), determined by the Editor-in-Chief/editors. All manuscripts go through at least one round of review, sometimes two, based on the first reviewer/editor/section editor/Editor-in-Chief decision.

All decisions regarding review results are displayed in the status bar and notified by email to the authors.

After completing the review stage, the status bar will show "In editing": The manuscript continues to enter the editing stage.

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