Peer Review Process

The Research Journal of Science Innovation, Anthropology, Sustainable Agriculture, and Technology (RJ-SCIASAT) is committed to upholding academic integrity and ensuring the highest quality of published research. To achieve this, every submission undergoes a rigorous, transparent Double-Blind Peer Review process.

Phase 1: Initial Desk Screening (1–2 Weeks) Upon submission via the portal, the Editorial Board conducts a preliminary evaluation. This phase does not judge the scientific merit of the study, but rather its readiness for formal review.

• Formatting Check: Ensuring compliance with the IMRaD structure, APA 7th Edition citations, and our specific typography guidelines. Click here to check the Submission Guidelines.

• Scope & Agenda: Verifying that the manuscript aligns with one of the journal's multidisciplinary priority agendas.

• Integrity Check: Running the manuscript through a plagiarism detection tool (similarity must be below 15%) and checking that all Ethical and AI Declarations are properly signed and included.

• Outcome: Papers that fail this stage are returned to the authors for immediate correction ("Desk Reject/Return"), while passing papers are anonymized and moved to the next phase.

Phase 2: Double-Blind Peer Review (3–8 Weeks) To guarantee fairness and eliminate bias, the journal employs a "Double-Blind" peer review system where reviewers do not know the identities of the authors, and the authors do not know who is evaluating their work.

• Reviewer Assignment: The anonymized manuscript is sent to two independent reviewers (typically one subject-matter expert, a statistician / analyst, and one trained peer/student editor).

• Evaluation Criteria: Reviewers assess the paper based on the originality of the research gap, the rigor of the methodology, the accuracy of the data analysis, and the validity of the conclusions.

• Feedback Generation: Reviewers provide constructive, actionable feedback and score the manuscript using the official RJ-SCIASAT Reviewer Rubric.

Phase 3: Editorial Decision (1 Week) The Section Editors compile the feedback from the blind reviewers and present a unified recommendation to the authors. Authors will receive one of three possible decisions:

• Accepted: The manuscript is exemplary and requires no further changes (rare on the first submission).

• Accepted with Revisions (Minor or Major): The study has merit but requires adjustments. Authors are provided with the reviewers' notes and given a specific deadline (usually 10 to 14 days) to revise their manuscript.

• Declined: The manuscript fundamentally lacks scientific rigor, has critical methodological flaws, or does not fit the journal’s standards.

Phase 4: Final Approval & Copyediting (2 Weeks) Once the authors have successfully completed any required revisions, the manuscript moves to the final stage.

• The Imprimatur: The Editor-in-Chief conducts a final review of the revised manuscript and officially grants the "Imprimatur" (approval for publication).

• Production: The editorial staff copyedits the paper for final grammatical polish and typesets it into the official RJ-SCIASAT publication template.

• Digital Archiving: The finalized paper is uploaded to Zenodo to generate its official DOI, published on the journal's website