Focus and Scope
IJSCC publishes research papers, best practices, tutorials, position papers, conference reports, industry trends, and product reviews. It covers
- Business/ Accounting/Finance Data Management
- Integration of Databases and Information Retrieval
- Data Management, Analysis and Mining for Transdisciplinary Science
- Data Stream Processing and Management
- XML Data Management
- E-Services
- Security & Privacy Data Management
- Databases and the Web
- Multimedia Databases
- Model-Driven Persistent Systems
- User Interface Paradigms
Section Policies
Articles
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Peer Review Process
Peer Review Policy for IJSCC
The practice of peer review is to ensure that good science is published. It is an objective process at the heart of good scholarly publishing and is carried out on all reputable scientific journals. Our referees therefore play a vital role in maintaining the high standards of IJSCC and all manuscripts are peer reviewed following the procedure outlined below.
Special issues may have different peer review procedures involving Guest Editors. Authors contributing to these projects may receive full details of the peer review process on request from the Editors.
Initial manuscript evaluation:
The Editors first evaluate all manuscripts. It is rare, but it is entirely feasible for an exceptional manuscript to be accepted at this stage. Reasons for rejection at this stage include insufficient originality and scientific merits, obvious technical flaws, poor writing, inappropriate length, and improper match to the aims and scope of the journal. Those that meet the minimum criteria are selected for further evaluation, and if satisfactory, for peer review typically by at least two external experts.
Type of Peer Review:
This journal employs single blind review, where the referee remains anonymous throughout the process.
How the referee is selected:
The Editors choose to assign the paper to reviewers. Referees are matched to the paper according to their expertise. Our database is constantly being updated. We welcome suggestions for referees from the author, through these recommendations may or may not be used.
Referee reports:
Referees are asked to evaluate whether the manuscript:
- Is original
- Is methodologically sound
- Has results which are clearly presented and support the conclusions
- Correctly references previous relevant work
Referees are not expected to correct or copyedit manuscripts. Language correction is not part of the peer review process, but they may, if they so wish suggest corrections to the manuscript.
How long does the review process take?
Typically the manuscript will be reviewed within six months, in exceptional cases 10 months. Should the referees' reports contradict one another or a report be unnecessarily delayed, a further expert opinion will be sought. Revised manuscripts are usually returned to the initial referees within two weeks. Referees may request more than one revision of a manuscript.
Final report:
The final decision to accept or reject the manuscript will be sent to the author along with any recommendations made by the Editors, and may include verbatim comments by the referees and the Editors.
Becoming a Referee for IJSCC:
If you are not currently a referee for the journal, but would like to be added to the list of referees for this title, please contact one of the Editors.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
International Journal on Subject-Centric Computing (IJSCC)