The procedures for Reviewing, accepting and publishing articles are as follows:
1- Preliminary review in terms of compliance with the items mentioned in the guidelines for how to write the article and determining the quality level and the degree of suitability with the thematic axis of the publication. If the Reviewer's opinion regarding the mentioned items is positive, the article will enter the next stage. If their opinion is negative, the article will be presented in the editorial board meeting to determine the assignment and possibly issue a letter of non-acceptance.
2- Sending to the reviewers; (If the files are complete, the article will be sent to at least three reviewers at the same time).
3- Receiving the results of the reviewing and sending them to the authors to revise;
If the result of 3 reviewers is positive, the possibility of editing will be created for the author to revise according to the comments.
If the result is 2 positive reviews and 1 negative review, it is possible for the author to revise according to the comments.
If the result of 2 reviewers is negative, the article will be presented in the editorial meeting to determine the status. If the opinions of the reviewers are approved by the editorial members, a rejection letter will be issued.
4- Receiving corrections and sending the article to the final reviewers (the final reviewer is one of the designated reviewers).
If the author's revised manuscripts are fully approved by the final reviewer, as well as all matters regarding the approval and signing of the originality commitment form. Financial payment (acceptance and printing fee) and other formal and editorial corrections have been made, the article is prepared for acceptance.
If some corrections are not approved by the final reviewer, the article will be returned to the author. It is worth noting that this step is repeated only once. After the author's corrections, the article is again sent to the final reviewer for approving. If the amendments made at this stage are still not approved by the final referee, the article will be presented in the editorial meeting to determine the assignment and issue non-acceptance.
6- Publication of the article. (All articles are sent to the responsible author after layout and editing and before publication, so that if things need to be checked and changed, and finally, the author's approval for publication is obtained. Note: All correspondence It is done with the responsible author. The follow-up of all matters related to the stages and results of the arbitration, the time of editing, acceptance and printing of the article is done only by the responsible author of the article. In the table below, the general state of the workflow and the meaning of each of the terms displayed on the system FAAR is provided.
