Probably the most important role journals play is forming our archive of knowledge.
Obviously, the accuracy and quality of the material contained in this archive is
of central importance. Peer review serves as one of the most important mechanisms
for validating the information contained in these journals. The relevance of peer
review clearly varies among the different functions of journals. Peer review is
generally seen as vital for the roles of forming an archive of knowledge and distributing
rewards. The practice of peer review is to ensure that good science is published.
It is an objective process at the heart of good scholarly publishing and is carried
out on all reputable scientific journals. Peer review process adopted by IJIFR Journals
not only acts as a filter but also plays a vital role to increase the quality of
research submitted for journal publications. Because of its mentoring nature IJIFR
peer review process also helps author(s) to remove any errors or gaps in manuscript
mistakenly overlooked and assist in making the research more applicable in real
time. Respected for its International reputation, the editorial and reviewer boards
of IJIFR Journals comprised experts with not only having the academic background
but also the researchers serving the industry. For indepth review, at least two
outside referees are consulted. Reviewers are contacted before being sent a paper
and are asked to return comments within 1 to 2 weeks for most papers. Reviewers
may be selected to evaluate separate components of a manuscript. We greatly appreciate
the time spent in preparing a review, and will consult you on a revision of a manuscript
only if we believe the paper has been significantly improved but still requires
input. All our editorial and reviewer board members are dedicated to ensure the
validity and originality of journal publications. In order to ensure that only non-plagiarized,
original and high quality research publications each manuscript is assigned to at
least three editors and each editor is assigned not more than two manuscripts. This
is to ensure that editors are not overburdened with the review of assigned papers.
Each editor further assigns manuscript to multiple reviewers. Our editors are well
known experts in their respective areas and we have seen that our editors sometimes
assign a manuscript to two to five reviewers depending upon availability of their
peers. Reviewers assess the manuscript for critical analysis, comparative analysis
and most importantly for integrity and novelty of research work. Each manuscript
is evaluated through concrete parameters set by IJIFR Journals and editorial board
members. These parameters reflect different aspects of the submitted manuscript
including the research quality, paper formatting and more importantly reference/citations.
Once the reviewers submit review comments of the paper then the relevant (assigned)
editor analyses the review comments and submit his remarks to Editor In Chief (EIC).
Similarly all editors who are assigned manuscripts follow the same procedure. At
the end EIC ensures that at least three review comments (from reviewers) and editors’
remarks are submitted for each paper in order to make the final decision of the
manuscript.
STEPS INVOLVED IN IJIFR JOURNALS PEER REVIEW PROCESS
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1. Editor in chief Receives Manuscript.
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2. Editorial Board Assign to Reviewers.
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3. Reviewer Evaluate & Add Review Comments.
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4. Editorial Board Adds Summary & Recommendations.
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5. Editor in Chief Makes Decision,Accepted/Rejected/Accepted with Modifications
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6. IJIFR Press Sends Reports to Author(S).
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