What happens after you submit your article?
Once you have completed your research, finalized your article and submitted it to a journal, your work will then be assessed by a journal editor and, if accepted, it will undergo peer review. After peer review is complete, the article goes into production and is then published.
Review and production times vary from journal to journal, but you can expect to see your journal article online within a few weeks after submission.
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Editor's Assessment
When the editor receives your submission, they will check that it fits within the journal's aims and scope, meets standards for publication, and that the research is methodologically sound.
Once the manuscript passes these initial checks, including a plagiarism check, the editor selects relevant expert reviewers and invites them to assess your manuscript.
If the submission does not pass the editor's initial checks, the article can be desk rejected and will not be submitted for peer review. The editor will share their feedback with you to explain the decision.
Peer Review
Typically, every manuscript is reviewed by at least two independent experts. These reviewers evaluate the submission and will check that the manuscript meets the journal’s criteria.
The peer review process differs depending on the journal. Here are three of the most commonly used peer review methods:
Double blind: Reviewers don't know the name of the author and the author doesn't know the name of the reviewers.
Single blind: The reviewers know the author's name, but the author doesn't know the name of the reviewers.
Open peer review: Every party is disclosed.
The reviewers make their recommendations to the editor who then makes the final decision and notifies the authors. The paper could be accepted, rejected or sent back to the author for major or minor revisions.
Editor’s Acceptance
Following sufficient revisions and final reviewer assessments, your manuscript is accepted by the editor and enters the production process.
Authors may need to make multiple rounds of revisions before a paper is accepted. In some cases, manuscripts can be withdrawn or even rejected at this stage.
Production
The first step in the production process is to check that everything is in place and ready for publication. This includes verifying permissions and copyright for any third-party material used in your article. Depending on your publishing route, you will be required to sign a license under which your article will be published.
Your article is then sent to the typesetters where it undergoes further quality checks and is formatted according to the journal’s page format and style.
Once your article has been typeset, you will be sent a galley proof of your article to review as well as any queries the typesetter may have. Proofs will be sent to you via email. To ensure articles are published as quickly as possible, it’s important that you review your proof as promptly as possible.
After the article proofs have been approved, the final article is published online in the journal.
