Review Process

Procedures for Editorial Peer Review

Every submitted article that the Editorial Office receives will be examined by a qualified internal editor or subject matter expert to make sure it is formatted correctly and adheres to the journal's stated guidelines. Before being subjected to peer review, manuscripts that do not adhere to the journal's standards or ethical guidelines will be rejected.

Submissions of incomplete manuscripts will be returned for modification and resubmission. Following these screenings, the Managing Editor will confer with the Senior Editor, Associate Editor, or Guest Editor of the journals (or with the Editor-in-Chief in the event of a conflict of interest or opinion) to ascertain if the article is within the journal's purview and is scientifically sound. At this point, no assessment of the work's importance or possible influence will be given. Rejections are irreversible.

Reviewer Suggestions

During the submission process, please suggest four potential, relevant field reviewers i.e. two International (from academically/industrially advanced countries) and two National having strong innovative and research background to review the manuscript. The editors will not necessarily approach these referees. Please provide detailed contact information (address, homepage, phone, e-mail address). The proposed referees should neither be current collaborators of the co-authors nor have published with any of the co-authors of the manuscript within the last two years. Proposed reviewers should be from different institutions to the authors. You may identify appropriate Editorial Board members of the journal as potential reviewers. You may suggest reviewers from among the authors that you frequently cite in your paper.