Peer Review Process

Peer Review Process

Submitted papers are evaluated by anonymous referees by double blind peer review for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation. The Editor shall inform you the results of the review as soon as possible, hopefully in 2 Months.

  1. Submission of an original manuscript via electronic online submission;
  2. Quick and holistic judgement by the Janayu Managing Editor  whether manuscript fits the Focus and Scope of the Journal and  comprehensible. If it does not, the Author will be notified with an e-mail of rejection;
  3. Assignment of one section editor and  The role of section editor is to check layout depend on Janayu’s Layout. If the layout does not match with Janayu it will be returned to the author and resubmit a maximum of 3 days. If the layout is appropriate, it will be immediately forwarded to the reviewers.
  4. The Section Editors Team selects 2 competent reviewers in the appropriate field in or out of the Janayu community and send them the manuscript aiming at 4-week review. If the invited reviewer do not accept the assigned job in a week or two, they have to be replaced with new reviewers. The reviewers provide recommendation to the editors, justifications, and suggestions (if appropriate) based on their own authorial judgment (4-6 weeks);
  5. The Section Editors Team makes their authorial decision informed by the Reviewers’ Comments and their own authorial judgment: (“Decline Submission”, “Resubmit for (new) Review”, “(minor)Revision Required”, or “Accept Submission (as it is)”.
  6. If the manuscript is sent back to the author(s) for major or minor revisions, and the author(s) decide to follow the recommendations and resubmit the revised manuscript, there is a 7-days deadline for resubmissions. If the revisions are not submitted within 7 days , the article will be automatically archived, unless there is a new deadline negotiated with the Managing Editors. In case the author(s) still wishes to pursue the publication in Janayu, they will be asked to create a completely new submission. In case the author(s) decide to withdraw the manuscript they should inform the Managing editors right away.
  7. Chief Editor Finalization  the list of published papers ready and the order of  distribution.
  1. Layout Editor layout editor lay out pdf and upload to OJS