To increase effectiveness in the peer-review process, an initial screening by the editor is conducted to every submitted manuscript to determine its suitability with the scope of the journal and to ensure that the submitted manuscript adheres to the author’s guideline. An initial recommendation to revise the manuscript may be given by the editor prior sending it for review processes. The initial screening process is usually less than a week. 

Submissions that are considered eligible for review processes will then be assigned to a minimum of two independent reviewers through a double-blind peer review process. The editor will then make an editorial decision after learning the reviewers’ comments and recommendation. There are four possible decisions:

• ACCEPT as is,
• MINOR REVISION (with no additional review round),
• MAJOR REVISION (with additional review round of the revised draft),
• RESUBMIT ELSEWHERE (usually due to the manuscript being out of the journal's scope),
• REJECT.

We aim for the submission to have an editorial decision within 3 months, although this timeframe is highly dependent on the availability of the assigned reviewers. 

Copyediting process will begin upon manuscript acceptance and only after the author(s) submitted the signed informed consent for publication, which will be provided along with the acceptance notification email from the editor