Initial Checks

All submitted manuscripts will be checked to determine whether they follow the journal guidelines, ethical policies and plagiarism. Improperly prepared manuscripts will be returned to the authors for changes and resubmission.

Assignment of Reviewers

The Editor-in-Chief will determine the compliance of the manuscript with the scope of the journal and the significant contribution that it will add to the scientific community. Passed manuscripts from the initial checks will be assigned, by the Associate Editors, to at least two independent experts for peer-review with a maximum period of 2 weeks. Two prominent scholars in the field of the submitted article are asked blindly to evaluate the scientific content of the article and its significant in the field. The final judge may need the involvement of an adjudicator.

Editorial Intern Decision

Based on feedback and comments from the peer-reviewers, Editor-in-Chief will make the judgment to accept, ask for revision or reject the manuscript in consultation with the Associate Editor in charge of handling the reviewing process. For Minor Revision, the authors will have to resubmit the precisely revised manuscript within a maximum of one week. For Major Revisions authors will have four weeks to submit their revised manuscript. Response to reviewers’ comments should be in a point-by-point fashion. Authors may contact the Editor-in-Chief for extra time when necessary.

Editorial Final Decision

Editor-in-Chief will check for the compliance of authors’ response to the reviewers’ recommendations and determine the final decision.

Publication Process

Once accepted, the manuscript will go for professional editing, language revision and pagination. Galley proof will be sent to the authors for final revision within 48 hours, after which the approved manuscripts will be published online by the journal website.