The Journal of Comprehensive Business Administration Research operates under a double-blind peer review model. All articles must pass through a peer review process before publication.
The final decision on whether a submission is accepted for publication is made by the Editor-in-Chief. This is applicable to all submissions, including those for special issues.
1. Technical & Editorial Pre-check:
Once the author submits a manuscript, the Editorial Office will conduct a technical and editorial pre-check. The staff will check whether it meets our technical requirements for submission. The Peer-Review Support Specialist will check whether it is in accordance with the journal's aims and scope.
2. Appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief (EiC):
Following completion of the technical and editorial pre-check by the Editorial Office, the manuscript will be assessed by the Editor-in-Chief. An evaluation will ensue, considering alignment with the journal's aims and scope, methodological rigor, and overall article readability. The Editor-in-Chief may make an immediate decision on the paper at this stage.
3. EiC assigns a Guest Editor (GE)
If a manuscript is submitted to a Special Issue, a Guest Editor will be assigned at this stage by Editor-in-Chief. The assigned editor will assess the manuscript’s suitability for peer review and provide recommendations to the Editor-in-Chief before the peer review process begins. The Editor-in-Chief may make an immediate decision on the paper at this stage.
4. Invitation to Reviewers
Subsequently, the handling editor will then meticulously invite a minimum of two anonymous reviewers for the manuscript, adhering to the double-blind peer review approach, which means the reviewers do not know the names of the authors and the authors do not know who reviewed their manuscript (but if the research is published, reviewers can eventually know the names of the authors). All reviewers are external experts.
5. Editorial Decision
The handling editor (EiC or GE, where applicable) will evaluate the reports from at least two reviewers. If the reviews differ widely, the handling editor may invite an additional reviewer to obtain further input before making a recommendation or decision.
If the handling editor is the Editor-in-Chief, they will make the editorial decision based on the reviewers’ comments. If the handling editor is a Guest Editor, they will provide a recommendation to the Editor-in-Chief, who will make the final decision.
The possible decisions are rejection, acceptance, minor revision, and major revision.
If the manuscript is rejected or requires major or minor revision, the corresponding author(s) will receive the reviewers’ comments. For revised manuscripts, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct a final check before acceptance. Once accepted, the manuscript will be checked by the Editorial Office to ensure that it is ready for production. If any updates are required, the authors will be contacted; otherwise, the manuscript will be forwarded to the production team.6. When the production team receives the accepted article, the corresponding author will be contacted by email to ask them to sign a publication license and pay Article Processing Charges.
6. The corresponding author will receive an email for approval before it is typeset. Authors should check their proofs carefully to confirm all the information is accurate. Proofs must be returned within 5 working days of receiving the email.
Reuse of words must be kept to a minimum, credited, or quoted in the text, and all sources must be cited when they are used. The Journal of Comprehensive Business Administration Research uses the Similarity Check service provided by Crossref and powered by iThenticate to provide editors with a user-friendly tool to help detect plagiarism. A text similarity below 20% is acceptable by the journal.
The CrossRef Similarity Check uses iThenticate originality detection software to identify text similarities that may indicate plagiarism. It does this by comparing manuscripts with both a web repository and the CrossRef database.
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