Peer Review Process

This journal has a standard single-blind review policy, which means that the name of the reviewer is never shown to the person who submitted the paper. Authors should present their papers honestly, without making stuff up, lying, plagiarizing, or manipulating data in the wrong way. Referees who don't know who wrote the paper judge it based on its contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation. Papers will be sent to at least two reviewers, who may be members of the Editorial Board or other experts in the field, who will look at them anonymously. In order to speed up the review process and get back to authors quickly, editors may triage a submission and make a decision without sending the paper out for external review. The Editor will let you know as soon as possible, hopefully in 6–12 weeks, how the review went. The Editor's decision is final, and they will not respond to letters about manuscripts they think are not right for this journal. All messages, including requests for changes and notices of what the editors have decided, will be sent by email.