Peer Review

This journal operates a double-blind review process (the names of the reviewers are hidden from the author). Manuscripts may be rejected without peer review by the Editor-in-Chief if they do not comply with the submission guidelines or if they are beyond the scope of the journal. A manuscript editor checks the scientific level of the manuscript and decides whether to invite a referee. If the manuscript editor decides that the scientific quality of the manuscript is not good enough, then he/she gives a “reject” decision and sends the manuscript back to Editor-in-Chief. If the manuscript editor decides that the manuscript has a high scientific quality, then he/she invites one or more referees (reviewers). Referees either ask for minor revision or major revision OR accept without revision or reject the manuscript. Based on the referees’ reports, the manuscript editor either asks for minor revision or major revision OR accepts without revision or rejects the manuscript. If the manuscript editor decides on a revision, then the manuscript is sent back to the authors to make the revisions, else manuscript is sent to the Editor-in-Chief.