Peer Review Process

The Journal of Management and Informatics (JMI) applies a double-anonymous peer review process. The identities of both authors and reviewers are concealed from each other throughout the review and revision process.

All editorial, peer-review, revision, payment confirmation, final-file submission, proofreading, and production activities are conducted through the JMI Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Authors are therefore responsible for regularly checking their submission status, editorial messages, review comments, and production notifications through their OJS account.

Editorial Handling

Each submitted manuscript is managed by an editorial team consisting of approximately two to four editors, depending on the subject area and editorial requirements of the manuscript. The editorial team may include:

  • Editor-in-Chief

  • Main Handling Editor

  • Section Editor

  • Guest Editor, where applicable

The assigned editors are responsible for overseeing the manuscript from initial screening through peer review, revision, editorial decision, and preparation for production.

Each manuscript that proceeds to external peer review is normally evaluated by two to four independent reviewers with expertise relevant to the manuscript's subject area.

Overview of the Editorial Process

The publication process generally consists of the following stages:

  1. Submission

  2. Initial Editorial Screening and First Decision

  3. Peer Review (1-5 round depend the submission)

  4. Author Revision

  5. Editorial Re-evaluation and Decision/Final Decision

  6. Article Processing Charge Request & Confirmation

  7. Final File and Production Preparation

  8. Author Proofreading and Final Approval

  9. Publication

The total period from initial submission to publication is generally expected to be approximately 12–16 weeks, depending on the quality of the initial submission, reviewer availability, the number of revision rounds, author response time, and production requirements.

Stage 1. Submission

Authors must submit their manuscript directly through the JMI OJS submission system.  During the submission process, authors are expected to:

  • register or log in to their OJS account;

  • select the appropriate journal section;

  • complete all required submission metadata;

  • provide accurate author names, affiliations, and contact information;

  • upload the manuscript using the official JMI template;

  • upload supplementary files where required;

  • confirm compliance with the journal's submission requirements; and

  • complete the submission through the OJS system.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that the manuscript submitted to JMI is original, complete, and not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.

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Stage 2. Initial Editorial Screening and First Decision

Following submission, the manuscript undergoes an initial editorial screening before being sent for external peer review.

The initial screening evaluates whether the manuscript:

  • falls within the Focus and Scope of JMI;

  • has been submitted to the appropriate section;

  • follows the official JMI manuscript template;

  • contains all required manuscript components;

  • demonstrates an adequate level of academic and methodological quality;

  • complies with publication and research ethics requirements;

  • meets plagiarism and originality requirements; and

  • is sufficiently prepared to proceed to external peer review.

The journal aims to provide a first editorial decision within approximately five (5) days after submission.

The first decision may include:

  • proceed to peer review;

  • return to the author for technical or formatting correction;

  • request preliminary revision before peer review; or

  • decline the manuscript when it is clearly outside the journal's scope or does not satisfy the journal's basic submission requirements.

A first decision does not necessarily represent the final publication decision. It primarily determines whether the manuscript is suitable to proceed to the peer-review stage.

Stage 3. Peer Review

Manuscripts that successfully pass the initial editorial screening are assigned to two to four independent expert reviewers. JMI applies a double-anonymous review process, meaning that reviewers do not receive the authors' identities and authors do not receive the reviewers' identities.

Reviewers evaluate the manuscript based on relevant scholarly criteria, including:

  • originality and novelty;

  • relevance to the journal's scope;

  • clarity of the research problem and objectives;

  • quality of the literature review and research positioning;

  • methodological rigor;

  • validity and clarity of the results;

  • quality of the discussion;

  • contribution to existing knowledge;

  • quality of tables and figures;

  • clarity and academic quality of writing; and

  • compliance with research and publication ethics.

The standard peer-review period is approximately three to six (3–6) weeks for each review round.

The actual review duration may vary depending on reviewer availability, manuscript complexity, reviewer response time, and whether additional expert evaluation is required.

Stage 4. Editorial Decision

Based on the reviewers' reports and the editorial assessment, the manuscript may receive one of the following decisions:

  • Accepted

  • Minor Revision

  • Major Revision

  • Rejected

Reviewer recommendations are considered by the handling editors, but the final editorial decision is made under the authority of the Editor-in-Chief.

The editorial decision takes into account the reviewers' recommendations, the quality of the manuscript, its scholarly contribution, compliance with journal requirements, and the adequacy of the authors' responses to previous revision requests.

Stage 5. Author Revision

When a manuscript receives a revision decision, authors are required to carefully address the reviewers' and editors' comments.

Authors should submit:

  • a revised manuscript;

  • a clear response to reviewers explaining how each comment has been addressed; and

  • any additional files requested by the editorial team.

The maximum revision period is normally four (4) weeks or one month from the date the revision decision is issued. If the author fails to meet the revision/Due date, the submission will be declined automatically by the system.

Authors who require additional time should contact the editorial office through the OJS discussion system before the revision deadline.

Failure to submit the revision within the specified period without prior communication may result in the submission being closed or requiring a new editorial assessment.

All revised manuscript files must be uploaded through the designated Revision area in OJS (Not in Discussion). Authors should not submit revised manuscripts only through discussion messages unless specifically instructed by the editor.

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Stage 6. Re-review and Subsequent Revision Rounds

A revised manuscript may be:

  • evaluated directly by the assigned editor;

  • returned to the original reviewers;

  • sent to additional reviewers where necessary; or

  • subjected to another revision round.

Each additional peer-review round may require approximately three to six weeks.

The number of review rounds depends on the extent to which the manuscript addresses the reviewers' concerns and meets JMI's scholarly and publication standards.

Authors should therefore provide a complete and structured response to all reviewer and editor comments to avoid unnecessary additional revision rounds.

Stage 7. Acceptance and Article Processing Charge

The Article Processing Charge (APC) is requested only after the manuscript has been formally accepted for publication. APC payment does not influence the peer-review process, reviewer recommendations, or editorial decision.

Following acceptance, the editorial office will provide APC information to the corresponding author through the OJS system.

Authors are required to review the APC information and provide payment confirmation through the designated OJS workflow.

A manuscript will not be transferred to the production stage until the author has confirmed the APC process as required by the journal.

All APC-related communication and confirmation should be conducted through the journal's official OJS system.

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Stage 8. Final File Preparation

After APC confirmation has been completed, the editorial office may request the final publication files from the corresponding author.

Authors may be required to provide:

  • the clean final manuscript;

  • the final manuscript prepared according to the JMI template;

  • corrected tables or figures;

  • high-resolution figures where required;

  • supplementary files;

  • corrected author metadata; and

  • other publication-related information requested by the editorial team.

Authors must ensure that the final file contains all revisions previously approved during the editorial and peer-review process.

Substantial changes to the research content, authorship, data, or conclusions are generally not permitted after final acceptance unless specifically approved by the Editor-in-Chief.

Stage 9. Production and Galley Proof

Once the final manuscript has entered production, the editorial team prepares the publication galley. The galley represents the article in its near-final publication format.

The corresponding author will be asked to carefully proofread the galley and check, among other things:

  • article title;

  • author names;

  • author affiliations;

  • corresponding author information;

  • abstract and keywords;

  • headings and manuscript structure;

  • tables and figures;

  • equations;

  • references;

  • page layout; and

  • other publication details.

At this stage, authors should normally request only corrections relating to production, formatting, typographical errors, or inaccuracies introduced during manuscript preparation.

Major changes to the scientific content are generally not permitted during the proof stage.

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Stage 10. Author Final Confirmation

Before publication, the corresponding author must provide final confirmation and approval of the galley through the Production stage in OJS.

The author is responsible for confirming that:

  • the galley has been carefully proofread;

  • author names and affiliations are correct;

  • tables and figures are correctly displayed;

  • the article contains no remaining critical errors;

  • the publication file accurately represents the accepted manuscript; and

  • the final article is approved for publication.

The manuscript will not be published without the author's final confirmation of the publication file.

Authors should therefore respond promptly to proofreading and final-approval requests sent through the OJS system.

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Stage 11. Publication

Following final author confirmation, the manuscript may proceed to publication in the scheduled JMI issue.

The publication schedule depends on:

  • completion of the editorial and peer-review process;

  • APC confirmation;

  • receipt of all required final files;

  • completion of production;

  • author approval of the final galley; and

  • availability within the relevant publication issue.

Once published, the final article becomes part of the official scholarly record of the Journal of Management and Informatics (JMI).

Editorial Timeline

The general publication timeline is as follows:

Process Estimated Time
First Editorial Decision Approximately 5 days
Peer Review Approximately 3–6 weeks per round
Author Revision Maximum 4 weeks / 1 month
Additional Review Round Approximately 3–6 weeks, where required
Submission to Publication Approximately 12–16 weeks

The timeline is an estimated editorial target rather than a guaranteed publication period. Processing time may vary depending on manuscript quality, reviewer availability, number of revision rounds, author response time, ethical or technical checks, and production requirements.

Communication Through OJS

To ensure transparency, traceability, and proper documentation of the editorial process, JMI requires that all major publication activities be conducted through the OJS platform, including:

  • manuscript submission;

  • editorial communication;

  • reviewer comments;

  • revision submission;

  • editorial decisions;

  • APC requests and author confirmation;

  • final-file requests;

  • production communication;

  • galley proofreading; and

  • final author approval.

Authors are advised to regularly access their OJS account and monitor the status of their submission throughout the editorial and production process.