Peer Review Process

Peer Review Policy

Matin Research Journal uses double-blind peer review to review manuscripts. So that the reviewers do not know the author's identity and vice versa. From the moment the article is received on the website until it is published, the paper will go through different stages in the following order:

 

A) Initial Review

At this stage, articles with the proper structure based on the "Guide for Authors" are sent to the editorial board of the journal for review. At this point, articles with the appropriate scientific content, which are consistent with the aim and scope of the journal, will be initially approved, and the editorial board will select a reviewer of their peers for them.  This process usually takes between 3 to 7 days.

 

 

B- The Review stage

The articles that have been approved in the previous stage are sent to at least two reviewers who have an opinion on the subject of the article, and after the review, articles are divided into one of the three categories according to the outcome of the review:

  1. If two reviewers reject a paper, it will be disapproved
  2. If the opinion of two reviews is a major revision of the paper, the paper will be sent to the author for revision
  3. If a reviewer`s opinion is a general revision and the second one rejects the manuscript, it will be submitted to the third reviewer, and according to his idea relevant to the first and second item, the decision will be made.

This stage usually takes 1 to 3 months.

 

 

C- The Revision stage

At this stage, the author or authors of the article must make revisions based on the reviews within a maximum of 15 days from the date of receiving the article or explain their reasons for not needing revisions through the journal website. An article may need to be revised two or three times before its content is deemed acceptable by the journal editors. After the revisions are approved by the editors, the article is referred to the author for payment of admission and publication fee.

 

 

D- The final acceptance stage

After revising the article based on the reviewer's comments or providing sufficient reasons for not needing revisions and paying the admission and publication fee, the article will be put in the publication queue, and a written letter about the final acceptance and publication of the article will be sent to the author.