Policies of Peer Review

 | Last update: 2024/11/27 | 
Peer-reviewed
All research papers, as well as many other articles, published by the Applied Science Higher Education Institute are subject to a full peer-review process. This review usually involves two peer reviewers. The decision to publish a paper is based on editorial assessment and peer review. Initially, all papers are assessed by an editorial committee consisting of two or more members of the editorial team. The primary purpose is to decide whether to send a paper for peer review and to provide a rapid decision on papers that are not suitable for review.
Editorials and Letters may be accepted at this stage, but in all other cases, the decision is either to reject the paper or to send it for peer review. Papers that do not meet basic standards or are unlikely to be published regardless of a positive peer review, for example, because their novel contribution is insufficient or their relevance to the discipline is unclear, may be rejected at this stage in order to avoid delays for authors who may wish to seek publication elsewhere. Occasionally, a paper may be returned to the author with requests for revisions to assist the editors in deciding whether or not to send it out for review. Authors can expect a decision at this stage of the review process within 2–3 weeks of submission.
Manuscripts proceeding to the review process are reviewed by members of an expert panel. All such papers undergo double-blind peer review by two or more reviewers under the supervision of the journal's Section Editor and the Editor-in-Chief. We take every reasonable step to ensure that the identities of authors are concealed during the review process.
We aim to complete the review process within 8 weeks of the decision to review. However, delays may occasionally occur, and authors should allow at least 12 weeks from submission before contacting the journal. The Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to make the final decision regarding acceptance.

Peer-review policy
All articles submitted to journals published by the Applied Science Higher Education Institute are evaluated by the editor, who decides whether the article is suitable for peer review. If the editor is one of the authors, has any conflict of interest in relation to a submitted article, is included in the list of authors, or has any other relevant interest in the particular submission, another member of the editorial staff assumes responsibility for supervising the peer-review process. Submitted articles that are considered appropriate are sent to independent experts for peer review. Editors make decisions based on the reviewers' reports, and these reports are sent to the authors along with the editor's decision on the article. Authors should note that even with a positive review, concerns raised by other reviewers may substantially weaken the article and may therefore result in rejection. All journals published by the Applied Science Higher Education Institute use a double-blind approach to peer review.

Peer Review Process
Journal of Rescue & Relief is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that aims to comply with international publication standards. To do so, the peer-review process is conducted in a double-blind manner, in which neither the reviewer(s) nor the author(s) are aware of each other's identities.
Submitted manuscripts that fit the scope and format of the journal are reviewed and enter the publication process after the Editor-in-Chief's final approval.

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