Peer Review Policy

Peer Review Policy
Each article will be reviewed by at least 2 (two) reviewers. The review hopefully will be done one month after the article is accepted by the reviewer.

Peer Review Process
All submitted full papers will be double-blind peer reviewed. Authors and reviewers would not be able to know each other. The criteria are based on the technical contents, clarity, and format. Authors should make sure the submitted papers use the template for this journal. There are three review processes: Initial Review, Peer Review, and Recommendation.

Initial Review
The Section Editor evaluates each manuscript in the submission track to determine if its topic and content are suitable for consideration for the journal before being reviewed. Manuscripts that do not meet minimum criteria are returned to the authors. This is in the best interest of the authors, who could then decide to either correct the problems or to submit the manuscript to a more appropriate venue, avoiding delays from a lengthy review process that would nonetheless lead to rejection.

Peer Review
Manuscripts that pass the initial review by the Section Editors, will be sent to several reviewers based on their expertise. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two reviewers. The reviewer is asked to evaluate the manuscript based on its originality, soundness of methodology, impact on design research, and relevance to design practices. To facilitate timely publication, reviewers are asked to complete their reviews and provide individual critiques within two weeks. After collecting the referees' reports, the Section Editors make a recommendation on the acceptability of the manuscript.

Acceptance Decision
Based on the reviewer comments, the Section Editors make a final decision on the acceptability of the manuscript and communicate to the authors the decision, along with reviewer reports. The status reports to reviewers should identify the reviewers of each paper; the final decision can be "Accepted Submission", "Required Revisions", or "Declined Submission". The revised version should be submitted considering the review comments.

Plagiarism
The authors should make sure that the manuscript passes a criterion of maximum 25 percent similarities to other publications.