Peer Review Process

All materials submitted to the journal undergo a meticulous evaluation process by the Editorial Committee and at least two academic peer reviewers through a double-blind system, along with copyediting, which is performed once the article is accepted for publication. The process includes the following steps:

a. Receipt of the manuscript by the journal's editorial assistant, who verifies that all submission requirements have been met. The review process includes plagiarism detection through the Turnitin platform.

b. Initial review by the Editor.

c. Submission of the manuscript to the Editor-in-Chief or an Associate Editor, a member of the Editorial Committee. At this stage, the Editor may either reject or accept the manuscript for peer review.

d. Assignment of the manuscript to peer reviewers, who have 20 days to complete the evaluation. In cases of conflicting reviews, a third reviewer will be appointed, which may extend the review process beyond the initial timeframe.

e. Assessment of the reviewers' comments by the Editor, who returns the manuscript to the Authors for necessary corrections or modifications, or notifies them of its rejection. Authors are given 20 days to implement the requested changes and respond to the reviewers' comments.

f. The final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of the manuscript is made by the Editor and the Editorial Committee, based on the journal's guidelines, the academic quality of the work, and the reviewers' recommendations.

The journal reserves the right to accept or reject submissions according to the recommendations of the Editorial Committee and the peer reviewers' evaluations.

By submitting a manuscript to the journal, the Authors confirm that the work has not been published or simultaneously submitted to another publication and that authorship and institutional credits have been equitably assigned by the corresponding author.