Review Process

THE SCHOLARS follows a laid down rigorous peer-review process to evaluate manuscripts for
scientific accuracy, novelty, and importance to guarantee journal quality. The peer-review
the process aims to improve the research. Our review process is detailed below.

Editor assessment

On submission, a manuscript usually undergoes editorial review to evaluate its suitability for
THE SCHOLARS, authenticity, ethical appropriateness, completeness and whether it is
formatted correctly. If the manuscript doesn’t pass this initial check, it is rejected by the editor.

The peer reviews.
The review process of THE SCHOLARS is an editor-mediated double-blind process. When a
manuscript has passed the initial editorial assessment, it is sent out for peer review. The editor
identifies and contacts at least two researchers who are experts in the topic and asks them to
review the paper within a stipulated period (2-4 weeks).

Reviewers are given evaluation criteria (THE SCHOLARS Review form) which they follow to
objectively evaluate the manuscript for originality, novelty, relevance, satisfaction of
methodology, data analysis, presentation, and discussion of the results. The reviewers are also
asked to provide comments to the author if any and may also provide feedback confidentially to
the Editor.

On receiving the reviewer's detailed reports with comments and recommendations on the
manuscript, THE SCHOLARS editorial board study them and decide to either publish the
the manuscript as it is, Recommend minor revision, Major revision, Resubmission or Rejection of
the Manuscript.

The Editor-in-Chief, then makes available the reviews, comments to the author and the editorial
board decision on the manuscript to the author(s).

If the manuscript requires revisions, the author(s) will be advised to follow the reviewers.
comments to revise the manuscript and submit it within two weeks.
Upon acceptance, the manuscript will be formatted in accordance with THE SCHOLARS style
and Galley Proof will be sent to the author(s) for proofreading before publication.
If the manuscript is rejected, the reviewer/s comments are sent to the author(s) to help them in
improving their manuscript for possible submission to another journal.

THE SCHOLARS works hard to progress manuscripts through the peer review process as
quickly as possible. The average interval between submission of a manuscript and final decision
is about 2-3 months.