Engineering Journal: Statement about the peer-review process

Peer Review Policy for the International Journal of Engineering Research & Science (Engineering Journal: IJOER)

The practice of peer review is to ensure that only good science is published. It is an objective process at the heart of good scholarly publishing and is carried out by all reputable scientific journals. Our reviewers therefore play a vital role in maintaining the high standards of the ENGINEERING JOURNAL: IJOER and all manuscripts are peer reviewed following the procedure outlined below.

Initial manuscript evaluation

The Editors first evaluate all manuscripts and check the plagiarism for the original contents. In some circumstances it is entirely feasible for an exceptional manuscript to be accepted at this stage. Those rejected at this stage are insufficiently original, have serious scientific flaws, have poor grammar or English language, or are outside the aims and scope of the journal. Those that meet the minimum criteria are passed on to experts for review.
Authors of manuscripts rejected at this stage will be informed within 1 weeks of receipt.

Type of Peer Review

The ENGINEERING JOURNAL "IJOER" employs single blind review, where the reviewer remains anonymous to the authors throughout the process.

How the reviewer is selected

Reviewers are matched to the article according to their expertise. Our reviewer database contains reviewer contact details together with their subject areas of interest, and this is constantly being updated.

Reviewer reports

Reviewers are asked to evaluate whether the manuscript as per the Review Report

Download the Review Report from here

Reviewer should note the following prospects

- Is original

- Is methodologically/Technical Merit sounds good for publication with our journal

- Follows appropriate ethical guidelines

- Has results which are clearly presented and support the conclusions

- Correctly references previous relevant work.

After getting the Review Report Authors are getting the Letter of Acceptance to submit the copyright form and Registration form.
Reviewers are not expected to correct or copyedit manuscripts. Language correction is not part of the peer review process. Reviewers are requested to refrain from giving their personal opinion in the “Reviewer blind comments to Author” section of their review on whether or not the article should be published. Personal opinions can be expressed in the “Reviewer confidential comments to Editor” section.

Final report

A final decision to accept or reject the manuscript will be sent to the author along with any recommendations made by the reviewers, and may include verbatim comments by the reviewers.

Editor's Decision is final

Reviewers advise the Editors, who are responsible for the final decision to accept or reject the article.

Special Issues / Conference Proceedings

Special issues and/or conference proceedings may have different peer review procedures involving, for example, Guest Editors, conference organisers or scientific committees. Authors contributing to these projects may receive full details of the peer review process on request from the editorial office.

Becoming a Reviewer for the ENGINEERING JOURNAL: IJOER

If you are not currently a reviewer for the IJOER but would like to be considered as a reviewer for this Journal, please contact the editorial office by e-mail at info.ijoer@gmail.com or info@ijoer.com, and provide your contact details. If your request is approved and you are added to the online reviewer database you will receive a confirmatory email, asking you to add details on your field of expertise, in the format of subject classifications and you will be asked to send a signed membership form which is a declaration to accept the policies of the Journal.