Review Process
After submission, manuscripts are first reviewed by journal manager and editor- in-chief. All manuscripts are screened using the ‘Turnitin’ (please see the details of plagiarism on the Publication Ethicts page). Manuscripts with incorrect formatting, unacceptable language or style will be returned to authors for correction before transference to the section editor.
JHSMR is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal, which uses the double-blinded peer-review process. The careful selection of relevant experts as reviewers will facilitate and speed up the review process. Therefore, our section editors will select at least 3 potential reviewers, who have been published or have areas of expertise relating to the submitted manuscript. However, JHSMR does not select reviewers from within the author’s institutions, especially for international authors, wherein it avoids only local reviewers. Acceptable manuscripts are those that have been accepted by 2 of the 3 reviewers, upon which, the editor-in-chief will examine and determine if the manuscript is suitable for publication, or requires further revisions. Requested revisions, by the section editors or the editor-in-chief to the author, may be requested during the revision process.
Publication process
