Peer review process in the Journal of Applied Arts is based upon a Double-blind peer-reviewing system. This means that authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the process. All submissions to journal are first reviewed for completeness and then by editor-in-chief who decides whether they are suitable for peer review. The peer review usually involves review by at least two or more independent, expert peer reviewers. The editor considers peer-reviewed reports when making decisions, but is not required to follow them. A concern raised by a single peer reviewer or the editor-in-chief himself may result in the manuscript being rejected. Authors receive peer review reports with the editorial decision on their manuscript. The Journal decision-making process includes the following steps:
Submission of the article by the author through the journal's system
Content review, similarity checking, and review based on the journal's instruction by the executive director (if the topic or format of the article does not comply with the journal's instruction, it will be returned to the author)
Submission to the reviewers
Editor Checking and send results to the editor-in-chief
Send to author for revision
Send to reviewers the author modification
Final approval by the editor-in-chief and acceptance of the article
Send to language editor
Send to page designer
Publishing article
