IMJPL uses Peer Review Double-Blind to have an impartial review. Having the consideration of the ethical principles of the journal, it is recommended that the respected reviewers follow the guides below:
- Staff of IMJPL may be able to note a breach of publication policy or ethical conduct after publication, we rely heavily on the reviewers to detect such problems before publication.
- In case of any conflict of interest for the reviewer, please bring it to the attention of IMJPL.
- Be wary of plagiarism or attempts to submit/publish similar material more than once.
- The deadline for review is 20 days and could be extended for more 10 days.
- Reviewers will receive a notification before the review deadline if a review is unfulfilled during the due deadline.
- If a review is unfulfilled within the deadline of 1 month, the editorial office cancels the review assignment.
- If the reviewer considers general revisions to the articles,the article is referred to him/her again for review after the correction is made by the author.
- If the reviewer is considering minor revisions to an article,the article will be reviewed again by the editorial office of the IMJPL after corrections by the author.
- The deadline for the review after corrections is 20 days.
- Do not propose any new amendments in the review after corrections; unless there are extensive content changes by the author making corrections.
- The decision to publish or reject an article will be based on the reviewers' opinion and the editor's final opinion.Also, if there is a disagreement between the two reviewers, the article will be sent to the third reviewer with the editor's idea.
- Take the following steps to login Publons website as a reviewer:
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- Refer to Publons website at https://publons.com/account/register
- Login to your panel.
- Click on your dashboard on the top right side of the page.
- Click on "affiliation" on the left.
- Add your name to the editorial board in IMJPL.
- Add other journals or conferences details if you are/were the editor/reviewer.
- Finally, click on "Save Changes".