The Editor-in-chief receives the manuscript and makes a decision if the journal fits the scope of the journal or not. (the journal has a published list of criteria for acceptance of all articles)
Once the editor-in-chief approves the initial manuscript screening it is sent to the editorial managing team to revise that the manuscript fits all the guidelines required by the journal and communicates with the author. In the event that the manuscript does NOT conform to the author's guidelines, it is sent back to the author to amend.
The manuscript is assigned according to specialty to the appropriate associate editor who then deals with communicating with the peer reviewers.
Once the manuscript is deemed appropriately fitting the guidelines, the manuscript is sent for blinded peer-reviewing to a minimum of 2 peer reviewers, and the author is informed that this process will take 2-3 weeks.
The Editorial office (associate editor) receives the reviewer's comments and sends them to the author to respond within 15 days for minor revisions or 30 days for major revisions.
Once the author sends back the comments, they are revised and a final decision is made.
Both the Editor-in-chief and Associate Editor (of the specialty of the manuscript) make the final decision to accept or reject the paper. If the manuscript requires further revision it is sent again back to the author. If accepted, the author receives an immediate acceptance letter.
Accepted manuscripts are then published within 14 days of acceptance. These are then formatted according to the final publication format and are published in an early online category until they are assigned to an issue. All the accepted manuscripts are formatted according to journal style.
A PDF version is sent to the author for final approval prior to publication in the respective issue/volume.
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