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Editorial Decision
The final editorial decision is made by the assigned editor based on the overall quality of the manuscript, reviewer evaluations, editorial assessment, journal scope, and compliance with publication ethics.
Accept
The manuscript is considered suitable for publication with no further substantive revisions required.
The manuscript is considered suitable for publication with no further substantive revisions required.
Minor Revision
The manuscript is potentially publishable but requires limited revisions, clarifications, corrections, or improvements before final acceptance.
The manuscript is potentially publishable but requires limited revisions, clarifications, corrections, or improvements before final acceptance.
Major Revision
The manuscript requires substantial revisions to address methodological, theoretical, analytical, structural, or presentation issues before a final publication decision can be made.
The manuscript requires substantial revisions to address methodological, theoretical, analytical, structural, or presentation issues before a final publication decision can be made.
Reject
The manuscript is not suitable for publication because of significant scientific, methodological, ethical, originality, scope, or other issues.
The manuscript is not suitable for publication because of significant scientific, methodological, ethical, originality, scope, or other issues.
Basis for Decision
- Scientific quality and validity
- Originality and novelty
- Methodological rigor
- Clarity of presentation
- Quality of data and analysis
- Relevance to the journal's scope
- Contribution to the field
- Compliance with ethical and publication standards
Editorial Independence:
The editor is not required to follow a reviewer's recommendation if there are reasonable scholarly or ethical grounds for reaching a different decision.
The editor is not required to follow a reviewer's recommendation if there are reasonable scholarly or ethical grounds for reaching a different decision.
