Peer Review Process

The Journal of Human Context Studies and Social-Cultural Influences (JHCSCI) has a peer review system that guarantees that each published article is of high quality in terms of academic standards, fairness and relevancy. Our manner is coherent, respectful and constructive and does not interfere with the integrity of scholarly work, despite supporting authors.

What Happens After Submission

1. Initial Editorial Check

The next thing after submitting your manuscript is to send it to our editorial team where it is checked to ensure that it suits the focus of the journal and is able to meet minimum standards of submissions. This involves ensuring completeness, formatting and ethical compliance.

2. Double-Blind Review

In case your paper is passed in the first test it goes to independent people in your discipline to be reviewed. JHCSCI employs a system of the double-blind peer review in which no one involved, the reviewer, knows the identity of the author of the reviewed paper, nor the author knows the identity of the reviewer. This assists in ensuring that there is unbiased and unbiased responses.

3. Expert Evaluation

The reviews use the following criteria to evaluate the manuscript:

  • Originality and significance of the Research.
  • Methodology soundness and evidence.
  • Ease of understanding and reasoning.
  • In addition to knowledge in the sphere.
  • Academic integrity and ethical conformity.

Those comments and recommendations are made by reviewers and aimed to make the work better even in case of some revisions demanded.

Possible Review Outcomes

Once the reviewers have posted their comments, the editor accepts or takes their comments into consideration and makes a decision. Authors can be given one of the following:

  • Accepted- the manuscript is accepted with no changes.
  • Minor Revisions Required- Before it can be accepted there are minor changes that must be made.
  • Major Revisions Required- Before further consideration, the major changes are requested.
  • Rejected — Manuscript is not suitable for publication in its current form

What Authors Can Expect

  • Effective communication at every phase of the process.
  • Positive and professional critique by reviewers.
  • Quickly be informed on the progress of your manuscript.
  • The chance to change and enhance your work before it is accepted.

Our Core Principles

  • Stability: All papers are judged based on their academic quality, without any discrimination.
  • Confidentiality: Manuscript anonymity and anonymity of reviewers is maintained during the process.
  • Integrity: All assessments by reviewers and editors are ethical.
  • Feedback: The feedback is meant to assist in improvement of research and writing quality.

Peer Review at JHCSCI represents our academic excellence and contribution to the scholarship. We will appreciate the work that has been done behind every submission and we will strive to help authors to publish significant research that can develop the knowledge of human situation and social-cultural factors.