The editorial office receives the manuscript and determines if the journal fits the scope of the journal.
Once the editorial office approves the initial manuscript screening, it is sent to the editorial managing team to revise so that the manuscript fits all the guidelines required by the journal. In case the manuscript does not conform to the author's guidelines, it is sent back to the author to reform.
Then the manuscript is sent to the editor-in-chief. The manuscript is assigned according to specialty to appropriate 2 reviewers by the editor-in-chief for blinded peer reviewing,
The author is informed that this process will take 2-3 weeks.
The Editorial office (associate editor) receives the reviewer's comments and sends them to the author to respond within 10 days for minor revisions or 21 days for major revisions.
Once the author sends back the comments, they are revised by the reviewers and a final decision is made.
The Editor-in-chief makes the final decision to accept or reject the paper. If the manuscript requires further revision it is sent again back to the author. If accepted, the author receives an immediate acceptance letter.
Accepted manuscripts are then published within 40 days of acceptance. These are then formatted according to the final publication format and sent to the author for approval. All the accepted manuscripts are formatted according to journal style.
The manuscript is then published and the author is given 10 hard copies of the paper.