Editorial Process and Peer-Review

Editorial Process: Manuscripts submitted at the Manuscript Peer-Review Process are subject to strict editorial scrutiny and peer-review process. Innovative journals follow double-blind peer-review (both reviewers and authors are anonymous to each other). MPRP is a web-based portal, that allows a set of editorial services to run a journal efficiently. It is designed and developed by our own developing team and they are regularly working on it on new updates as per publishing technology and requirements. MPRP system handles all pre-publications services, Editorial services, peer-review process, editorial decision-making, etc. All tasks can be assigned at a single platform in different panels by using different credentials.

 

Once a manuscript is received by the MPRP, it will be scrutinized by the Editorial office having a professional in-house editorial team to determine whether they are properly prepared and whether they follow the editorial policies as per journal guidelines. The manuscript that doesn’t meet the standards of the journal will be given editorial correction before being for peer review. It will be returned to the authors for revisions as per journal guidelines and suggested for resubmission. After these checks, the Managing Editor will consult the journals, Editor-in-Chief, or Associate Editors to identify whether the manuscript is suitable for the scope of the journal and whether it is scientifically acceptable. If it is found satisfactory and meets all standards, then it will be activated for the peer review process.

 

Peer-Review: When the submitted manuscript crosses the primary editorial scrutiny, the editorial office team assigns it to at least two independent experts for peer review. These experts are generally reviewers but, in some cases, may also include Editorial Board Members or guest editors of the journal. We make sure that the assigned reviewers do not have any publication with any of the co-authors during the past three years and should not currently work or collaborate with any of the institutions of the co-authors of the submitted manuscript to avoid biases and to promote fair decision.

 

All the submitted manuscripts, reviews, and communications are managed by the MPRP & once the paper receives at least two reviews in the process, we move ahead to the next step. The editorial office team will communicate the decision to editors and also inform the authors. We don’t allow more than two rounds of major revisions in the peer-review process. Once the revised version of the manuscript is received, it is evaluated again by the editorial team by keeping in mind the prior comments, and at last decision is given by the Editorial Board members. But still, the final decision is under the hands of the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.

 

After acceptance of the manuscript for publication, the in-house editorial assistant team organizes the production of the paper, which is selected for final publication for copyediting, English editing, and final production in preparation for publication on the journal website. Before publishing it, the final version of the manuscript is shared with authors in pdf format as Galley Proof to check whether it is okay or not to publish. If any corrections are suggested by the authors, we resolve that and then we publish the final corrected version of the manuscript. Innovative Publication all journals are structured in yearly volumes and quarterly and half-yearly issue-wise. Articles come on ahead of the print option of the journal website after the final selection for publications and production.