Peer Review Procedure

1. 1.On receipt, the editorial board carries out an initial assessment and assigns the manuscript to two reviewers with recent publications in the relevant field.
2. 2.Review is conducted confidentially and on a blind basis: reviewers know the author's identity, but the author does not know who is reviewing the manuscript.
3. 3.Reviewers are given up to one month to complete their assessment.
4. 4.Reviewers evaluate thematic fit with the journal's scope, currency with recent scholarship, clarity of presentation, whether publication is warranted, and provide detailed written feedback.
5. 5.Each reviewer completes a formal review form, concluding with a recommendation to accept, revise, or reject the manuscript.
6. 6.Authors are notified of the outcome through an editorial cover letter. Reviewer anonymity may be waived in cases involving suspected plagiarism or data falsification, where direct correspondence may be necessary.
7. 7.Where revisions are requested, authors have one month to resubmit; manuscripts not returned within three months are removed from the publication schedule.
8. 8.Where a manuscript is rejected, the author receives the reviewers' reasoning.
9. 9.Where a manuscript is accepted, the author is notified along with an expected publication timeline.
10. 10.Completed reviews are retained on file for five years.

Review Ethics

• —Evaluate manuscripts objectively, on their scholarly merits.
• —Maintain confidentiality throughout the review process.
• —Keep critique substantive and professional in tone.
• —Decline the assignment when unqualified to assess the manuscript, or when a conflict of interest is identified.
• —Final authority over publication decisions rests with the editorial board.