Submission Review Process
After the submission has been submitted, the author(s) will receive a confirmation email from the Editor-in-Chief. The submission will be reviewed by the assigned Editorial Team within ten (10) business days of the submission. The Editorial Team member assigned will communicate with the corresponding author(s) by email and will preside over the peer review process. If the submission is within the journal’s scope and of sufficient creative merit or scholarly rigor, two peer reviewers will be assigned. Reviews will be open; author affiliation will be available to the reviewers. Both authors and reviewers will have the option of disclosing or not disclosing their identity to each other.
External peer review will include those with scientific and professional expertise in the context area of the submission. Reviewers will apply relevant sections of the review criteria, provide constructive comments to the author(s) to improve the article’s suitability, and any additional overall recommendations for improving the submission. The Editorial Board member managing the review will resolve any disagreements between reviewers, provide summary comments by email, and make an overall decision regarding the suitability of the manuscript for publication in the The Herald.
Review decisions are expected within one month and will fall into one of three categories: Accept, Revise and Resubmit, and Reject. The revised manuscript is expected to be resubmitted within three weeks of this notification. Revisions will be received by the Editorial Team member managing the review and every effort will be made to return the revised submission to the same team of initial reviewers. Although the same timelines apply for revisions, it is expected that the revisions will be responsive to the review comments and, therefore, the subsequent review period should be shorter. Any submissions that do not receive an accept or reject decision after the third round of review will be rejected.