Every article that goes to the editorial staff will be selected through the initial review process by the Editorial Board. Then, the articles will be sent to the peer reviewers and will go to the next selection stage through the Blind Preview Process. After that, the articles will be returned to the authors for revision. These processes take a month for a maximum time. For each manuscript, peer reviewers will be rated on substantive and technical aspects. Peer reviewer that collaboration with PSEJ is the experts in the science education and issues around it. They are experienced in prestigious journal management and publication that is spread nationally and abroad.
Manuscript processing time in PSEJ:
- The author has 15 days waiting period on the first article submission, the section editor will decide whether the article needs to be revised or not.
- The section editor needs 3 days to examine the article based on the PSEJ author guidelines.
- The author has 12 days to revise the article consistent with the PSEJ author guidelines.
- The revised article given to the editor to be reviewed, the editorial team needs 15 days to finish the review.
- If the article is declined, the section editor has 3 days to inform the author of the editorial team's decision.
- If the article is Revision Required, the editorial team will proceed with the article to the reviewer.
- Reviewers have 30 days to review the article, divided into two reviews, and provide the decision: Accepted or Declined
- The editorial team discusses the final decision in an editorial team meeting on whether the articles recommended by the reviewers proceed to be published or are declined. The editorial team has 20 days to make the final decision.
- The soon-to-be-published articles are laid out by the section editor for 30 days.
- The author has 3 days to confirm the layout result.
- The section editor publishes the accepted articles.
- Review methods use a blind review process