The Research Publication of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines Inc.
ISSN
2244-2146
ISSN
2244-2146
The Research Publication of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines Inc.
ISSN
2244-2146
ISSN
2244-2146
Peer Review Process
1. Submission of Paper
At least one of the authors, usually the corresponding author, must register to the journal. He then submits the paper to the journal through the journal's online submission system.
2. Editorial Assessment and Appraisal
The journal editorial board (EB) checks the paper's form based on the journal's Author Guidelines to ensure it has the proper format and the required contents. Preferably, the paper should follow IMRaD format: Introduction, Methodology (Proposed Method), Results and Discussion, and Conclusion. Also, the EB checks for the appropriateness and originality of the paper. Outright paper rejection is possible at this stage.
3. Paper Assignment
A submitted paper will be assigned to a member of the EB. Each EB member is given a set of topics and is responsible for conducting the peer review of all papers on these topics.
4. Invitation to Reviewers
The conducting editor sends invitations to appropriate reviewers based on expertise, availability, and conflict of interest. If the reviewer accepts the invitation, the paper is sent to him; if he declines, he may be requested to suggest an alternative reviewer.
5. Paper Review
Each reviewer is expected to allocate ample time to read and understand the paper. Specifically, the reviewer checks the weaknesses and strengths of the paper. The review result is then submitted to the journal conducting editor, indicating whether the paper is accepted without revision, rejected, or accepted with major/minor revision for reconsideration.
6. Journal Evaluates the Reviews
The conducting editor makes the overall decision after considering all returned reviews. As a rule of thumb, each paper is reviewed by at least three (3) reviewers and requires at least two (2) acceptances to continue the process; otherwise, the paper is rejected. The EB reserves the right to invite additional reviewers for additional opinions, significantly when the initial reviews differ broadly.
7. The Decision is Communicated
The conducting editor sends the decision with the review results to the Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief then informs the author of the decision and the review results via email.
8. Final Steps
All accepted papers without revision will be sent to production for final formatting and proofreading. Publication will follow after the authors submit the Copyright Transfer form to the EB. For papers with revisions, the Editor-in-Chief sends the decision and review results containing the comments and suggestions of the reviewers to improve the paper. The reviewers are notified of the results of their reviews, and they should expect to receive a revised version of the paper. For minor revisions, the conducting editor can do the follow-up review. The corresponding author for rejected papers will also be notified via email of the review results. The decision of the editorial board is final.
