PEER REVIEW AND POLICY PROCESS


The Editorial team of is dedicated towards expeditious and diligent evaluation and publication of manuscripts which make new contributions in the already existing research studies on a particular topic(s). To maintain a high-quality publication, all submissions undergo double blind peer review process.

The peer review policy of emphasizes on the following:

The practice of identical manuscript being sent for publication in more than one journal is not acceptable.

The manuscript being submitted for publication should align with the scope of the journal.

The journal follows stringent policy of review wherein, the submitted manuscripts are reviewed by two experts as selected by the members of editorial board.

Also, the members of editorial board can initiate supplementary review if deemed necessary. In such a case, authors of the manuscript are informed.

The decision of acceptance of manuscript for publication in the journal is taken by Editors-in-Chief on the basis of the referees' reports. The notification regarding the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript is shared with the authors promptly.

The confidentiality of manuscripts is given utmost importance. The reviewers are sensitized about the due diligence that is expected from them during the review process.

During the review process, the reviewers should promptly report any act of direct competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors to pave way for unbiased evaluation of the manuscript.

The peer review process is purely confidential and identity of reviewers is not revealed to the author(s). 

The reviewers' recommendations determine whether an article will be

Accepted

Accepted subject to minor changes

Accepted subject to resubmission with significant changes

Rejected.

For articles which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised article is acceptable.

Multiple Authors:In case of multiple authors, the "corresponding author" will be responsible for the collection and provision of the copyright form from each author after acceptance.


REVIEW PROCESS GUIDELINES

On receipt of the manuscript, the basic structure of the paper will be checked, as per the framework of the journal.

The Editor-in-Chief/Editor will check for Plagiarism. A zero tolerance policy for plagiarism is adopted.

If the Editor-in-Chief/Editor is not satisfied with the above two points, manuscript may be returned..

If Editor-in-Chief/Editor is satisfied with the above criteria, manuscript will be accepted for peer review and will be sent to 2 reviewers (Reviewer 1 & 2) as per the area of the manuscript. Manuscript will be sent to another reviewer (Reviewer 3: English faculty) who will check the grammatical part of the manuscript. All the manuscripts will be definitely sent to Reviewer 3. If Reviewers 1 & 2 give similar comments (positive or negative), than the manuscript will not go to the Reviewer 4.

But when Reviewers 1 & 2 give opposite comments, than manuscript will be sent to Reviewer 4.

Based on the comments of the Reviewer 1, 2, 3 & 4, manuscript will be rejected or moved to the next stage.

Based on the comments of the Reviewers, author(s) will be asked to revise the manuscript.

Revised manuscript will be sent to the same reviewers who had earlier reviewed it.

Based on their comments, manuscript will be either rejected or accepted for publication.

Once accepted for publication, Editorial Board may decide the publication of the manuscript in a specific issue.