1. Initial Screening

The peer review process is designed to uphold the highest academic standards by assisting the Editor-in-Chief in making editorial decisions and providing constructive feedback to authors. All research articles undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review, ensuring that both authors and reviewers remain anonymous. In the double-blind peer review procedure, both authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the review process.

Each submission is first screened by the Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editors to ensure it meets the journal’s scope, formatting guidelines, and ethical standards. Manuscripts that pass this stage are sent for peer review.

2. Double-Blind Peer Review

Editors will assign at least two independent and objective reviewers to each paper.

Reviewers evaluate submissions based on: originality, methodological rigour, clarity and coherence

Reviewers will give a recommendation according to the following options:

• Accept – No revision needed

• Accept – Minor revisions needed

• Major revisions needed

• Reject – Decline the publication

The choice of reviewers is at the Editor’s discretion. The reviewers must be knowledgeable about the subject area of the manuscript; they should not have recent joint publications with any of the authors.

All of the reviewers of a manuscript act independently and they are not aware of each other’s identities.

If two reviewers provide conflicting recommendations (e.g., one accepts and one rejects), the Editor-in-Chief may assign an additional reviewers. The final decision is based on the combined evaluation of all reviews and the Editor-in-Chief’s assessment.  

During the review process Editor-in-Chief may require authors to provide additional information if they are necessary for the evaluation of the scholarly merit of the manuscript. These materials shall be kept confidential and must not be used for personal gain.

The Editorial team shall ensure reasonable quality control for the reviews. With respect to reviewers whose reviews are convincingly questioned by authors, special attention will be paid to ensure that the reviews are objective and high in academic standard. When there is any doubt with regard to the objectivity of the reviews or quality of the review, additional reviewers will be assigned.