Editorial Process

EDITORIAL FLOW

Initial Screening

Only submissions that are in scope and have passed preliminary screening for completeness and documentary requirements shall be considered by the Editor-in-Chief if these may proceed to review. 

Peer Review

The Editor-in-Chief shall assign an Associate Editor to oversee and facilitate the peer review process.

Editorial Decision

After peer review, the Editor-in-Chief shall make the final decision on the manuscript.

For manuscripts that undergo 1 round of peer review, authors can expect an editorial decision within sixty (60) calendar days. There are times that peer reviews and editorial deliberations may take longer, whereupon the author may check the submission’s status in the online portal or request an update from the Editorial Coordinator.

Editorial decisions may be one of the following: 

• Accept: The journal shall publish the paper without further revisions.
• Revisions required: The journal shall publish the paper after minor revisions have been made to satisfactorily address the concerns raised.
• Revise and resubmit: The journal shall require major revisions to the paper before reconsidering it for publication in another round of decision-making which may include peer review.
• Reject the paper: The journal shall not publish or reconsider the paper.

Post-Acceptance Processing

All accepted manuscripts are subject to formatting and edits to conform with the journal’s style guide and branding.