Review Process

All manuscripts that appear in the journal should be unpublished original works of the authors. This will be checked against the available research data with similarity index software/plagiarism checker before the review process and if the similarity index of the paper is greater than 15% then the manuscript will not be considered for further evaluation.

All manuscript submitted to the journal are subject to peer review. Although the Editor-in-Chief may solicit an external review at his discretion, items published in the front section of the journal are not subject to peer review. The Journal follows double-blind system for peer-review. The selection of manuscript and the publication process will follow the following 8 steps.

1. Upon submission, the managing editor gives code to the manuscript for the sake of keeping the anonymity of the author (s). The codes will be kept secret and can be used if there happens to be queries in the process of publication.
2. Upon receiving a manuscript the managing editor will promptly send confirmation of
   submission to the corresponding author.
3. Preliminary assessment will be made by the editor-in-chief and associate editors-in-chief for the suitability of the manuscripts to the scope of the journal. If found not in the scope of the journal or not in line with the guideline set, the manuscript shall be returned to the author(s). All manuscripts deemed potentially suitable then undergo a plagiarism detection process. In the case of suspected plagiarism, the Plagiarism Policy will come into effect.
4. Manuscripts that pass the preliminary assessment (found relevant and consistent with guideline of the journal and free of plagiarism) will be sent to two anonymous experts in the area for review, together with Manuscript evaluation form of the Journal.
5. Critical and constructive comments of the reviewers are expected to be received by the editor in-chief in a maximum of four weeks’ time.
6. Once the review results of two reviewers is received, the editor-in-chief, the associate editor or
   the editorial team give the final decision on whether the manuscript should be accepted or rejected based on the evaluations from the two anonymous reviewers.
7. The decision of the editorial board will be communicated to authors through e-mail with in six
   weeks’ time. If the manuscript is accepted, the author(s) is (are) required to revise the manuscript
   based on the comments given within a maximum of two weeks’ time so that the remaining
   publication process commences. But if the comment given is a major one, the author will be given two months to incorporate the comments.
8. The improved manuscript will undergo language edition, copy-editing, layout and proofing to
   be published. The published article will be uploaded on the journal’s website for free access.

The corresponding author shall receive two copies of the printed journal free of charge. Authors can appeal a decision in writing to the Editor-in-Chief.