Peer Review Process
Review Process
The manuscripts are sent to reviewers and the review comments are solicited within a period of 3-4 weeks. The authors are conveyed about the decision on the manuscript and if there is a chance of resubmission with corrections, the authors are being given a maximum time period of one (1) month. Failure to comply with reviewers’ comments may result in rejection.
This journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process.
Publication Frequency
This journal will publish its issues in June and December.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Our journal offers an open access articles, which is under the Creative Common license type: Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
Publication Code of Ethics: For Authors, Reviewers and Editors
This is the statement of ethics for MSU Journal, published by CEDEC Training, MSU. This statement was adapted from the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and covers code of ethics for chief editor, editorial board members, reviewers and authors. The journal publication code of ethics has been designed to safeguard the integrity of the journal and to ascertain that all published materials are of the highest scientific and ethical standard. Authors, editors and reviewers can use these guidelines in their tasks and duties. Any ethical issue and question, which concerns MSU Journal, can be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief. This code of ethics applies to manuscripts submitted to the journal. The editorial board of MSU Journal revises this code of ethics from time to time.
Peer Review Policy
All articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by three editorial consultants who are members of the journal review board.