Peer Review Policy

Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature, Arts and Humanities uses double-blind peer review to review manuscripts, so the reviewers do not know the author's identity or vice versa.

 

Reviewers’ responsibilities  

(https://publicationethics.org/files/u7140/Peer%20review%20guidelines.pdf)

• Confidentiality of article information must be observed in all areas. The article review process is to be done anonymously.
• Reviewers should judge articles at the appropriate time and assist the editorial team in deciding whether or not to accept the article.
• The referees' suggestions regarding the published articles should be submitted as judging forms and in the comment section for the author and editor.
• Reviewers should refrain from judging articles with conflicts of interest and report any such conflicts as soon as possible.
• Reviewers' judgments about the quality and content of articles should be based on professional and objective opinions.

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Peer Review Process

From the moment the article is received on the website until it is published, the paper will go through different stages in the following order:

 

A- Initial Review (7-10 days)

At this stage, the editor reviews articles with the appropriate format based on the "Guideline for preparing articles." They are initially approved and directed if they have appropriate scientific content and are consistent with the publication's thematic axes. The review is sent to the editor or editorial board members. At this stage, the editorial board will select two suitable referees. This step usually takes between 7 and 10 working days.

 

B- Review (1-3 months)

The articles approved in the previous stage are sent to at least two reviewers with opinions on the article's subject. After the review, articles are divided into one of three categories according to the outcome of the review:

1. Articles that need no revision and can be published as they are;
2. Articles that can be published after revisions based on reviewer's comments;
3. Articles that are rejected.

The first category articles will be published immediately after the acceptance and publishing fee is paid. The second category will be sent to the article's main author to get revised according to the reviewer's comments. The rejected articles will be removed from the review process while informing the article's author. This stage usually takes 1 to 3 months.

 

C- Revision (15-20 days)

At this stage, the author or authors of the article must make revisions based on the reviews within a maximum of 15 days from the date of receiving the article or explain their reasons for not needing revisions through the journal website. An article may need to be revised two or three times before its content is deemed acceptable by the journal editors. After the editors approve the revisions, the article is referred to the author for admission and publication fee payment.

 

D- Final acceptance 

After revising the article based on the reviewer's comments or providing sufficient reasons for not needing revisions and paying the admission and publication fee, the article will be put in the publication queue, and a written letter about the final acceptance and publication of the article will be sent to the author.

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