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Armaghane Danesh- Reviewers Section
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The peer review process
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| Clear images and colors | Post date: 2018/03/31 | |
The peer review process
After a paper is submitted to a journal, the journal checks the paper’s composition and arrangement against the journal’s Author Guidelines to make sure it includes the required sections and stylizations. The quality of the paper is not assessed at this point.
The Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editor checks that the paper is appropriate for the journal and is sufficiently original and interesting. If not, the paper may be rejected without being reviewed any further. Journal reserves the right to reject a submission for any reason without explanation.
Manuscripts considered for publication are sent to a minimum of three experts for external review through a double-blind review. The handling editor considers all the returned reviews before making an overall decision. If the reviews differ widely, the editor may invite an additional reviewer so as to get an extra opinion before making a decision.
The peer review is completed once all the reviewers send the journal a detailed report with their comments on the manuscript and their recommendation. Typically, journals ask reviewers to complete their reviews within 3-4 weeks.
The final review process will be discussed in regular editorial board sessions and on the basis of the comments, and the Journal’s standards, the Editors-in-Chief will decide which articles should be published. |
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