Peer Review Process
This section includes detailed explanation about the review procedure and process of the submitted manuscripts for a possible publication in the Journal of International Trade, Logistics and Law.
A) Overview
Articles sent to Journal of International Trade, Logistics and Law are reviewed by two referees.
In case one of the Referee’s recommendations is positive and the other’s is negative, Editorial Board examines both reviews and decides whether to pass the article to a third Referee or return it to its author.
In any case, two positive review results are required for an article to be considered eligible for a publication in the Journal of International Trade, Logistics and Law.
The review process of the Journal of International Trade, Logistics and Law is composed of three stages. Details of these three stages are explained in the following sections.
B) Appointment Stage
All submissions made by the authors are received by the Editor of the Journal of International Trade, Logistics and Law.
The Editor sends a review request e-mail to one of the Referees in the Referee pool who thinks to be suitable for a review process.
The generic content of the Review Request e-mail which will be received by the Editor will be as follows:
Dear Author,
I believe that you would serve as an excellent review of the manuscript, "ABC Paper", which has been submitted to Journal of International Trade, Logistics and Law.
The submission's abstract is inserted below, and I hope that you will consider undertaking this important task for us.
Please log into the journal web site or click on the Submission URL latest by [Current Date+7 Calendar Days] to indicate whether you will undertake the review or not, as well as to access the submission and to record your review and recommendation.
The due date to finalize the review process is [Current Date+ 2 Months]
Submission URL:
http://www.jital.org/index.php/jital/reviewer/submission/4?key=Ds9K4bd5
"ABC Paper"
Abstract
[The text of the abstract is placed here].
Thank you for considering this request.
Editor
Journal of International Trade, Logistics and Law
When a Referee receives the Editor’s e-mail for review request, may see the details of the related submission;
- By visiting the web site of the Journal of International Trade, Logistics and Law and logging in to his/her account to reach the User section. The article that’s been sent for review will be listed on “Active Submissions” page. Referee may click on the name of the article to proceed to the evaluation page.
- By clicking on the Submission URL in the e-mail and getting into the Submission Summary page in the Journal of International Trade, Logistics and Law website.
C) Review Stage
Review Stage includes the steps which should be followed by the Referee to successfully complete the review process. There are four main steps which need to be completed by the Referee.
- Referee Decision
- Following the initial review of the submission details, the Referee needs to make a decision whether to Accept or Reject the review process of the Submission.
- If the decision is positive, in order to inform the Editor about the decision and activate the next steps for the evaluation, Referee should click on the icon next to “I will evaluate”. Following the confirmation, Referee will automatically proceed to the confirmation e-mail sending page to inform the Editor. In this page, Referee will see the automatically composed confirmation e-mail and will send it to the Editor.
- If the decision is negative, Referee should click on the icon “I will not evaluate”. Following the decision, Referee will automatically proceed to the information e-mail sending page to inform the Editor. In this page, Referee will see the automatically prepared information e-mail and will send it to the Editor.
- Manuscript Review
- Referee, who makes a positive decision and accepts the review process, may continue to evaluate the submission by clicking on “File Name” to download the Submission Manuscript and its attachments if there is any.
- Following the evaluation of the submission, Referee should visit the evaluation page again to submit the results of the evaluation to the Editor.
- Referee should click on the “Review” (it is placed under item 4 in review steps) and proceed to the Review Form. Referee should type in the comments and review results into this form and send it to the Editor.
- Referee may also send the comments to the Editor in an alternative form (MS Word, PDF) by uploading a file using “Send File” option (it is placed under item 5 in review steps).
- Referee Recommendations
- Following the successful submission of the comments and evaluations by the Referee to the Editor, the system activates the “Recommendation” section ((it is placed under item 6 in review steps).
- In the “Recommendation” box, the Referee should choose the choosing the appropriate option to save the final decision about the submission in order to send it to the Editor.
- After clicking on “Submit Review to Editor”, the Referee will be asked for confirmation with a message: “You cannot make any amendments after saving your evaluation. Do you want to continue?”
- Following the confirmation, Referee will automatically proceed to the information e-mail sending page to inform the Editor. In this page, Referee will see the automatically composed information e-mail and will send it to the Editor.
D) Editorial Board Decision
Following the receipt of the Referee reviews from two Referees, the Editor brings the submission and review results to the Editorial Board.
The Editorial Board makes a final decision based on the review results of the two Referees.
In case one of the Referee’s recommendations is positive and the other’s is negative, Editorial Board examines both reviews and decides whether to pass the article to a third Referee or return it to its author.
Following the completion of all reviews, if the submision is approved by the Editorial Board, they are ready to be published.