Review Process Workflow
Peer Review
The journal employs a double-blind peer review system, which is the most important aspect of the publication process of an article. Each manuscript passing initial screening will be subjected to rigorous and anonymous peer review by a minimum of 2 peer reviewers. Referees who review a manuscript remain unknown to the authors. The journal’s independent status ensures a submission acceptance rate based on merit and not favor bias, or personal preference. All the reviewers send the editorial assistant a detailed report with their comments and recommendations on the manuscript. Authors receive reviewers’ comments and recommendations from the editorial assistant and they never enter in contact with reviewers. Usually, reviewers will complete their reviews within 3-4 weeks. The reviewers make a recommendation to accept, revise, or reject a manuscript based on the scientific merit and technical quality of the studies reported.
Revision after Peer Review
Authors are required to revise the manuscripts according to the comments of the reviewers and answer all questions raised by reviewers in a cover letter. Any revisions should be marked out. The revised manuscripts and cover letters are required to be sent to us via email in MS Word within 15 working days. Upon resubmission, the academic editor may choose to return the manuscript to the reviewers for additional review or may render a decision of accepting, recommending modification, or rejecting based on his/her personal expertise.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is considered a serious offense. All submissions must be original works. The revised manuscripts after peer review will be screened by plagiarism detection software and we mainly use Turnitin. The author will be required to clarify the plagiarized manuscript within one week if it is found to be suspected of plagiarism during any stages even after publication. Without a reasonable and timely explanation, the manuscript will be automatically rejected or removed from the system. See our Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement for more detailed information.
Acceptance Letters
After the revision process, qualified manuscripts will be accepted for publication. The Acceptance Letters will be sent to the corresponding authors within 7 working days.
Article Charge Processing
In an open-access model, we promise that readers don’t pay for the subscription fee to access online published articles. For authors, only some fundamental costs like editing, production, and peer- review are included to maintain the normal operations of our company. These Article Processing Charges(APC) are only used to support publishers to make the published articles freely available to all readers. The payment option in our Online Manuscript Tracking System is disabled by default for each manuscript and it is only enabled when the manuscript has been accepted for publication. In that case, authors do not need to make payment until their manuscripts have been reviewed and accepted for publication. The charge is a flat and single charge without additional costs.
Proof Reading
Proofreading is the final stage of the editing process. Scientific Academic Publisher will conduct an efficient and thorough proofreading process for all the accepted manuscripts. The proofs will be sent to the authors for final confirmation and authors get the chance to check before publication. Proofs should be checked and returned within 3 days, or they will be regarded as the final version.
Publication Notification
After the article is released on the journal’s website, a publication notification will be sent to the corresponding author with links to the article.
