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Peer Review Process

The articles submitted are assessed initially by the Joint Editors and a primary decision made regarding further processing. Desk Rejection/Primary Editorial Rejection is undertaken for articles that are not suitable for publication in the journal or those that fall within the scope of the journal.

Once a decision is made to process the article, it would be peer-reviewed anonymously in a double-blind fashion by two reviewers from the Editorial Board and two External Reviewers from the Panel of Reviewers. Specialist statistical review is obtained whenever it is indicated.

When deemed necessary, the article would be sent to a separate Specialist Reviewer.

If and when there is no agreement among the reviewers, the manuscript would be sent to another independent reviewer. 

The reviewers' comments and recommendations are discussed at the monthly Editorial Board Meetings. The final decision regarding acceptance rests with the two Joint Editors.

We aim to complete the peer review process and arrive at a publication decision within two months from the date of submission. However, this timeline depends on the exact date of the month in which the manuscript is submitted as the editorial Board Meetings are held on the third Friday of each month, the response of the peer reviewers, the promptness with which queries are addressed by the author/s and the necessity for revisions in the manuscript.

Revisions and re-submission following peer review

Following the peer review process, if any revisions are needed prior to acceptance for publication, the Joint Editors would write to the author/s suggesting that the manuscript be appropriately amended and resubmitted directly to the Joint Editor. The author/s would be given a period of a month (four weeks) to resubmit the revised article. If there is no response from the authors, a reminder will be sent giving the author another fortnight (two weeks) to submit the revised arricle. If there is no response by that deadline, the article will be rejected and archived.

For a complete description of the processes involved, please refer to the Journal Policies on Publication Ethics and Malpractices under the Research Integrity Section.

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