Editorial screening
The editorial office checks relevance, completeness, originality declarations, readability and potential ethics concerns. Screening may lead to an invitation to revise before review or an editorial rejection. Passing screening does not guarantee external review or acceptance. An editor with a personal, financial or institutional conflict should not handle the decision.
- Scope and contribution check
- Completeness of author and manuscript information
- Assessment of major methodological or ethical concerns
- Selection of an appropriate handling editor
External assessment
Research manuscripts normally receive at least two independent reviews, subject to disciplinary suitability and reviewer availability. The office may seek additional methodological or subject expertise. Reviewers evaluate the question, evidence, methods, interpretation and presentation. Reviewer identities are treated as confidential unless an explicitly agreed review arrangement states otherwise.
- Recommendations: accept, minor revision, major revision or reject
- Constructive comments should identify what can be improved and why.
- Reviewers must declare conflicts and preserve manuscript confidentiality.
- Editors make the final decision; reviewer votes do not determine it mechanically.
Revision and decision
Authors receive an editorial decision and relevant feedback through their account or agreed editorial correspondence. Revisions should respond point by point. The editor may send a revised paper for another review round. The publication workflow requires recorded review evidence and an acceptance decision before an administrator can publish the article. Review and production time depends on the manuscript and reviewer availability; no guaranteed acceptance date is offered.