Peer Review Process

The process can be described as follows.

1. The submitted manuscript is first reviewed by an editor. It will be evaluated whether it is suitable for the Journal focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and similarity score by using Turnitin. The decision is rejected or accepted for a review process.

2. The manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers (Single Blind Review).

3. Reviewers' comments and suggested decisions are then sent to the editor. The editors will evaluate the reviewer's comments and make a suggested decision.

4. The Editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses. The decision is accepted, revised, or rejected.

5. The revised paper from the author, is then evaluated by the editor for accepted, revised, or rejected decision.

6. The accepted manuscript then continued to the copyediting and layout editing process to prepare the camera-ready paper.

Review Outcomes

Utilizing feedback from the peer review process, the Editor will make a final publication decision. Decisions categories include:

• Reject - Rejected manuscripts will not be published and authors will not have the opportunity to resubmit a revised version of the manuscript to this journal.
• Accept with Major Revision - The manuscript will be reviewed again after some major modifications are made.
• Accept with Minor Revisions - Manuscripts receiving an accept-pending-revisions decision will be published in this journal under the condition that minor modifications are made. Revisions will be reviewed by an editor to ensure necessary updates are made prior to publication.
• Accept - Accepted manuscripts will be published in the current form with no further modifications required.