Peer Review Policy & Lifecycle
Synergy Publication employs a double-blind peer review process to maintain scientific quality, accuracy, and fairness. Double-blind review ensures that author names and affiliations are concealed from reviewers, and reviewer names remain anonymous to the authors.
The Peer Review Lifecycle
Every submission undergoes the following structured evaluation path:
- Initial Screening: The Managing Editor checks the manuscript for formatting, plagiarism, and alignment with the journal's scope. Manuscripts with poor formatting, high similarity indexes, or unrelated subject matter are rejected immediately.
- Reviewer Allocation: The Editor-in-Chief assigns the manuscript to at least two independent expert peer reviewers. Reviewers are selected based on their expertise, citation records, and lack of conflicts of interest.
- Peer Review Feedback: Reviewers evaluate the manuscript against criteria of originality, methodology, clarity, and contribution. They submit detailed reports and recommend one of the following decisions:
- Accept without changes
- Minor revision
- Major revision
- Reject
- Editorial Decision: The Editor evaluates the reviews and makes a decision. If revision is required, authors are given 14 to 30 days to address comments and resubmit.
- Re-review (If required): For major revisions, the revised manuscript may be sent back to the original reviewers for confirmation.
- Final Acceptance & Copyediting: Once accepted, the article is copyedited, formatted, assigned a DOI, and published online.
We target an average turnaround of 45 to 60 days from submission to publication.