Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to this journal must comply with the journal’s Focus and Scope and Author Guidelines. Submitted manuscripts must demonstrate scientific merit and/or originality that is relevant to the journal’s focus and scope.

All submitted manuscripts must be written in clear and appropriate English. Authors whose first language is not English are encouraged to have their manuscripts checked for grammar, language accuracy, and clarity before submission. English language editing and manuscript editing services may be obtained from appropriate professional language-editing service providers. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication in any other journal or publication outlet.

All submitted manuscripts must be free from plagiarism. Authors are encouraged to use plagiarism-detection software to check the similarity level of their manuscripts, such as Turnitin or iThenticate. The editorial team will also conduct a similarity check on submitted manuscripts using appropriate plagiarism-detection software.

Each submitted manuscript that meets the journal’s initial requirements will undergo a peer review process conducted by at least two expert reviewers with relevant expertise in the subject area. Reviewers provide constructive scholarly comments and recommendations to improve the quality, substance, and content of the manuscript. Under certain circumstances, when necessary, the journal may appoint a third reviewer to provide additional evaluation and feedback on the manuscript. This journal applies a double-blind peer review system, in which the identities of the authors and reviewers are kept anonymous to each other throughout the review process.

The final decision regarding the acceptance, revision, or rejection of a manuscript rests with the Editor-in-Chief, based on the results of the editorial evaluation and the recommendations of the reviewers. Under certain circumstances, members of the Editorial Board may manage the handling and evaluation of manuscripts according to their areas of expertise or assigned responsibilities. The final editorial decision is made after considering the results of the peer review process, reviewers’ comments, the scientific quality of the manuscript, its relevance to the journal’s focus and scope, and the outcome of the editorial evaluation. Reviewers’ recommendations constitute an important part of the decision-making process; however, the final decision is not based solely on the reviewers’ recommendations.

Articles that have been accepted for publication will be scheduled for inclusion in a journal issue by the Editor-in-Chief, taking into consideration the final acceptance date of the manuscript, the manuscript’s readiness for publication, the regularity of the publication schedule, and the relevance of the article to the theme or focus of a particular issue when the journal publishes thematic issues. The order of publication is not determined by the authors’ geographical origin or institutional affiliation, but rather by editorial considerations and the journal’s publication policies.