Journal Publishing Process

Submit your research through Editorial Management System-EMS (online submission). You will need to register for an account to do this. Once your account is set up, you will be guided through a 7-step submission process.

Your paper will then be read by the journal Editor to see if it fits with the aims and scope of the journal. They will enter it into a plagiarism Check, peer review process which considers the quality, originality, approach and clarity of your paper.

You will receive an email from the Editor containing feedback and a final decision. If you are asked to make revisions, you will generally have 1-2 weeks to revise your paper for minor revisions, and 2-4 weeks for major revisions. The editor will confirm the deadline when they provide their feedback and decision. If not, you may be asked to perform multiple revisions or your paper may be rejected.

Once accepted, your paper is immediately processed by our in-house team, who check it is complete and whether any necessary third-party permissions have been provided.

Your paper will be returned to you for a final check along with any requests for missing information, before being sent to EMS Submit, our licensing and APC system. When the Copyright Transfer Agreement is signed (and any applicable APC paid) your paper is then sent to our typesetting team.

Your proof must be returned to the typesetters (Proofreading, Layout Editing, and Galley Correction). Supplier project managers will email corresponding authors and co-authors in the event of delay in returning proofs, followed by contact with the journal’s editor-in-chief.

When a journal issue is available for your article to be published in, the typeset files will be reworked by the typesetting team to add pagination, volume and issue details. The re-supplied files will be reloaded to our online platform.