Peer Review Process

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

PGJSRT operates a double-anonymous peer-review process.

Authors do not know the identities of reviewers, and reviewers are not provided with the identities of authors during the review process.

INITIAL SCREENING

Every submission undergoes editorial screening before external review.

The screening considers:

• relevance to the journal's Aims and Scope;
• originality and scholarly contribution;
• basic methodological or theoretical quality;
• ethical compliance;
• manuscript preparation;
• research-integrity concerns; and
• suitability for external review.

The journal may reject a manuscript at this stage without external review.

Manuscripts submitted by editors, editorial-board members, publisher representatives, or individuals closely associated with PGJSRT are handled independently by an editor with no relevant conflict of interest.

REVIEWER SELECTION

Manuscripts proceeding to peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent reviewers with relevant subject expertise.

Reviewers should not have conflicts of interest that could reasonably compromise impartial evaluation.

The journal is not obliged to use reviewers suggested by authors.

EDITORIAL DECISION

Reviewer recommendations are advisory.

Editors assess the quality and reasoning of reviewer reports before reaching a decision.

Possible decisions include:

• Accept
• Minor Revision
• Major Revision
• Reject

When reports conflict substantially or additional expertise is required, an additional reviewer may be invited.

REVISIONS

Authors must respond systematically to reviewer and editor comments.

A revised manuscript may undergo further review.

FINAL DECISION

The final publication decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief or an appropriately delegated editor on the basis of scholarly quality, reviewer reports, author responses, ethical requirements, and the journal's editorial standards.

EDITORIAL-BOARD SUBMISSIONS

Manuscripts submitted by an editor, editorial-board member, publisher representative, or another individual closely associated with PGJSRT must be handled independently by an editor without a relevant conflict of interest.

The submitting individual must not participate in reviewer selection, access confidential review information, or make the publication decision.

SPECIAL ISSUES

Special-issue submissions are subject to the same quality and research-integrity standards as regular manuscripts.

Guest editors, where used, operate under the oversight of the Editor-in-Chief. Manuscripts submitted by a guest editor must receive independent editorial handling.

CONFIDENTIALITY

All manuscripts, reviewer reports, and editorial correspondence are confidential.

PGJSRT does not guarantee acceptance or a fixed review duration. Authors will be informed if significant delays occur.