Peer Review Process

After a manuscript has been submitted, it will an initial review of the manuscript by the editor. A manuscript will be reviewed to see the suitability of page formats, images, tables, cites, and reference lists as well as systematics article generation. The plagiarism element check is conducted by Turnitin.

The editor will decide whether the manuscript is in accordance with the scope and focus and proper to give to the reviewer. Sometimes, editors may recommend revision before submitting it for review. This initial review of activities usually takes a week. Submissions that pass the initial review will be assigned to double-blind peer-review process on substance and technical at least by two reviewers. Based on the reviewer's recommendation, the editor will first make editorial decisions.

There are five possible editorial decisions to a manuscript: (1) be accepted; or (2) be revised; or (3) be re-submit; or (4) be sent to another publisher, or (5) be rejected.

The review process is done for 4-8 weeks. If desired, the reviewer may request to be reviewed again after the author revises his article. The decision about whether the article is accepted or not, is fully in the authority of the Managing Editor based on recommendations from reviewers.