Standard Operative Procedures(SOP)
From submission (see Author's Guidelines) to publication, the standard procedure of articles of PJETS Research Journal is summarized as follows.
- The PJETS Research Journal has an integrated Open Journal Submission (OJS) system through which the authors can submit their While submitting the paper, the author is required to create an account at OJS which is used for the entire communication following the paper submission.
- The editor is responsible for the preliminary scanning of the paper to ensure it is neither previously published nor contains a high similarity index. Both the overall similarity index and AI-generated content must each be below 19%. Additionally, no single source should exceed 5%. If any of these conditions are not met, the manuscript will be returned to the authors for revision before further consideration.
- The OJS will automatically assign a manuscript ID to the Subsequently, the editor will assign the paper to a relevant associate editor or section editor, who will be responsible for the entire review process.
- The assigned editor will send the paper to the experts of the field for review for a double-blind peer-review. The Editor will make sure the draft sent for review does not contain author identities.
- In case, the reviewers suggest the revisions, the manuscript will be returned to the author(s) for modification as per The revised manuscript is again sent to the same experts for final comments, if required.
- The final comments of the experts/reviewers are submitted to the Editorial Board for final
- The Editorial Board selects papers among the approved ones for publication in the upcoming
- The Editor issues acceptance or rejection notifications to the corresponding author(s).
