Peer Review Process

The Journal of Multidisciplinary Science applies a double-blind peer-review process.

The authors’ identities are concealed from reviewers, and reviewer identities are concealed from authors.

Stage 1 — Submission

Authors submit manuscripts through the journal’s official OJS platform.

Stage 2 — Administrative Screening

The editorial office checks:

manuscript completeness;
author metadata;
formatting;
anonymization;
references;
declarations;
figures and tables; and
supplementary files.

Stage 3 — Editorial and Scope Screening

The Editor-in-Chief or designated editor assesses:

suitability for the Aims and Scope;
originality;
scientific relevance;
methodological adequacy;
academic quality;
ethical compliance; and
suitability for external peer review.

Manuscripts that clearly fall outside the scope or fail to meet essential scholarly requirements may be rejected without external review.

Stage 4 — Similarity Screening

Manuscripts are checked using the journal’s designated similarity-screening service.

Stage 5 — External Peer Review

Each research article is normally assessed by at least two independent reviewers.

Reviewers evaluate, where applicable:

originality;
scientific significance;
theoretical foundation;
research questions or hypotheses;
methodological appropriateness;
study design;
sampling;
experimental design;
measurement validity;
statistical analysis;
computational methods;
reproducibility;
accuracy of results;
interpretation;
interdisciplinary contribution;
limitations;
ethical considerations; and
consistency between evidence and conclusions.

For manuscripts covering substantially different scientific disciplines, reviewers with complementary expertise may be appointed.

Stage 6 — Editorial Decision

Possible decisions are:

Accept
Minor Revision
Major Revision
Resubmit for Review
Reject

Stage 7 — Revision

Authors must submit:

a revised manuscript; and
a point-by-point response to reviewer and editor comments.

Stage 8 — Re-Evaluation

Major revisions may be returned to reviewers.

Stage 9 — Final Decision

The final publication decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief or designated independent editor based on scholarly merit, peer-review reports, author revisions, and journal policies.

Editors, reviewers, Editorial Board members, Guest Editors, and individuals associated with the publisher receive no exemption from the journal’s standard peer-review requirements.

No person may review or make the publication decision concerning their own manuscript.

The journal aims to complete initial peer review within approximately [X–Y weeks].