Peer Review Process

 

Peer Review Process

  1. Editors first review the submitted manuscript, called initial review by the editors. It will be desk evaluated whether the submitted manuscript is suitable for the IJPCC based on focus and scope, similarity score by using Crosscheck-TurnitIn, AI-percentage, methodological flaw, readability of the articles, and adhering to the submitted paper template.

  2. Furthermore, the manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers(Double- Blind Peer-Review).

  3. The anonymous reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses. Afterward, the editorial team meeting suggested the final decision to the revised manuscript by authors.

  4. Finally, the Editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author.

  5. The accepted manuscript then continued to the copyediting and layout editing process to prepare the camera-ready paper.
 

Review Outcomes

Utilizing feedback from the peer review process, the Editor will make a final publication
decision. The review process will take approximately 4 to 12 weeks. Decision categories include:

  • Reject - Rejected manuscripts will not be published, and authors will not have the opportunity to resubmit a revised version of the manuscript to IJPCC.

  • Resubmit for Review– The submission needs to be re-worked, but with significant changes, it may be accepted. However, It will require a second round of review.

  • Accept with Revisions - Manuscripts receiving an accept-pending-revisions decision will be published in IJPCC under the condition that Minor or Major modifications are made. Revisions will be reviewed by an editorial team to ensure necessary updates are made prior to publication.

  • Accept - Accepted manuscripts will be published in the current form, with no further modifications required.

Retraction Policy

The papers published in IJPCC will be considered to retract in the publication if :

  1. They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error)
  2. the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper crossreferencing, permission or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication)
  3. it constitutes plagiarism
  4. it reports unethical research

The mechanism of retraction follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf.

Correspondence

All correspondence concerning manuscripts should be directed to the Editor of IJPCC and cc to IJPCC@iium.edu.my. The Editor will direct all correspondence to the corresponding author; the corresponding author is responsible for sharing communications with other authors. Beyond communication concerning the review, manuscripts accepted for publication may require additional correspondence to complete copyediting and layout editing.