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Peer Review Process

The SLJSSH adopts two-staged evaluation of manuscript submissions, namely, Preliminary Screening and Double-Blind Peer Review. All manuscripts received are preliminarily screened by the Editorial Board to assess their conformity to the objects, submission guidelines and scope of the Journal, and suitability for submitting it to the review process. A manuscript may be rejected without it being submitted for peer review if the Editorial Board decides it as inappropriate for publication in the Journal for its poor quality or unsuitability. Those submissions that successfully go through this preliminary screening process are submitted to the double-blind peer review, which involves two independent peer reviewers to whom the manuscripts are sent anonymously. Editorial Board considers all manuscripts submitted together with corresponding review reports. It makes the final decision, obtaining advice from the Editorial Board whenever necessary, regarding their publication. The average time duration for reviewing a manuscript depends on the content, but generally takes between two to three months.

Editorial Board members are not entitled to publish their research papers in any of the particular issues they edit. However, if the members of the Editorial Board may occasionally submit their own manuscripts for publication in the journal. In such cases, the peer review process will be managed by alternative members of the Board and the submitting Editor/Board member will have no involvement in the decision-making process.

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