REVIEW PROCESS
Publication and Review Information
- Publication: Quarterly
- Review: 4-6 weeks, by 3-4 reviewers
The review process consists of 5 steps and 2nd and 3rd steps are most important.
2nd step is a pre-screening process managed by one reviewer and 3rd step is a formal review process (see the formal review process) accomplished by another formal reviewers.
Accepted papers will be published after the final decision of Editor-in-Chief. All submitted papers will be reviewed in 3-7 weeks.
Type of Peer Review
This journal employs a blind reviewing, where both the referee and author remain anonymous throughout the process.
Formal Review
Every paper submitted to JCIS will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. Moreover the papers submitted will be checked for linguistic consistency by native speaker. The level of written English of submitted papers will be ranked between 1-5 where 1 is for paper with excellent English and 5 is for paper whose English is subjected to major revision. Top 3 levels will be considered for acceptance. The lower levels will be proposed for revision and could be conditionally accepted.
Thematic review will decide whether to accept or reject according to the originality, significance for theory and practice, quality of content and presentation of submitted paper.
| Linguistic Review |
Thematic Review |
Decision |
| 1 (excellent) |
Accept
Reject |
Accept
Reject |
| 2 (good) |
Accept
Reject |
Accept
Reject |
| 3 (normal) |
Accept
Reject |
Accept*
Reject |
| 4 (needs minor revision) |
Accept
Reject |
Conditional Accept**
Reject |
| 5 (needs major revision) |
Accept
Reject |
Conditional Accept***
Reject |
* Revision Service is supported by JCIS for free
** Revision Service is supported by JCIS for $50-$100
*** Revision Service is supported by JCIS for $100-$200
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