Publication Process

No Stage Description
1 Submit Author submits the manuscript
2 Initial check (Section Editor) Check format suitability, topic, plagiarism
3 Initial decision Reject / Proceed to review
4 Round 1 review (Send to reviewers) Minimum 2 reviewers
5 Round 1 reviewer comments Reviewer 1 & Reviewer 2
6 Round 1 editor decision Reject / Major Rev / Minor Rev / Accept
7 Author revision round 1 Author uploads revision
8 Round 2 review (If needed) For major revision or re-review
9 Round 2 reviewer comments Reviewer 1 & Reviewer 2
10 Round 2 editor decision Reject / Minor Rev / Accept
11 Author revision round 2 (If any) Author uploads final revision
12 Article accepted Final acceptance
13 Copy editing Language, punctuation, style guide improvements
14 Author proofreading Author checks final version before layout
15 Final editing Editing based on proofreading
16 Layout editing Page, font, and image formatting
17 Final layout Layout ready for print/online
18 Metadata update DOI, indexing, category, keywords
19 Publish Published online/print