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The peer-review process can be classified into 8 steps 1. Paper Submission: The corresponding or submitting author submits the paper to the journal email. 2. Editorial Office Assessment: The journal evaluates the paper’s composition and arrangement against the journal’s Author Guidelines to make sure it includes the required style. 3. Reviewers Invitation: The handling editor sends invitations to individuals who would be appropriate reviewers. As responses are received, further invitations are sent, if necessary, until the required number of acceptances is obtained – commonly this is 2. 4. Invitations Response: Invited reviewers consider the invitation against their own expertise, conflicts of interest and availability hence, they then accept or decline. when declining, they might also suggest alternative reviewers. 5. Review Process: The first read is used to form an initial impression of the work. If major problems are found at this stage, the reviewer may feel that they need to reject the paper without further work. Otherwise, they will read the paper several many times, taking notes so as to fulfill a detailed point-by-point review in evaluation form. The review is then submitted to the journal, with a recommendation to accept or reject it – or else with a request for revision. 6. Journal Evaluates the Reviews: The editor considers all the returned reviews before making an overall decision. 7. The Decision: The editor sends a decision email to the author including any relevant reviewer comments. Whether the comments are anonymous or not will depend on the type of peer review that the journal operates. 8. Final steps: If accepted, the paper is sent to production team. If the article is rejected or sent back for either major or minor revision, the editor should include comments from the reviewers to help the author improve the article. |
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