Dear Author,

We have received your submission. 

Your paper will go with a detailed peer review process. Below is a step-by-step process of the editorial workflow.

Step 1 – We will start with the Plagiarism Check as the first step. If the Plagiarism/Similarity is above 10% or any AI-generated content is found, we will send the article back to you to correction. You may choose to modify and re-submit or cancel the submission. 

Step 2 – If you submission is below 10% Plagiarism/Similarity and no AI-generated content is found, we will send your submission for double blind peer review to atleast 2 reviewers (maybe more). Reviewers may take around 3-4 weeks to review and provide feedback with their decision. 

Step 3 – Based on the decision of peer reviewers, your submission will fall under any one of the following:

1. Accept without any changes (acceptance): The journal will publish the paper in its original form. This type of decision outcome is rare
2. Accept with minor revisions (acceptance): The journal will publish the paper and asks the author to make small corrections. This is typically the best outcome that authors should hope for
3. Accept after major revisions (conditional acceptance): The journal will publish the paper provided the authors make the changes suggested by the reviewers and/or editors
4. Revise and resubmit (conditional rejection): The journal is willing to reconsider the paper in another round of decision making after the authors make major changes
5. Reject the paper (outright rejection): The journal will not publish the paper or reconsider it even if the authors make major revisions

Step 4 – If your submission is accepted, you will be asked to make the payment of the APC. 

Step 5 – Post the payment of APC, the submission will be published within 7 days along with the peer review reports and the Turnitin Similarity report. Certificate of publication is also issued once the article is published. 

Thank you.