Review Guidelines

On this page:
Do's and Don'ts for Reviewers
Recommendation of Reviewer
Final Decision
Competing Interest
Journal's Policy on Competing Interests

Overview

Peer Review Process is the quality control activity in scientific and scholarly publishing. Journal of commerce and trade believes in Double Blind Review Process as it maintains the integrity of the paper, author and reviewer. Here are some points that Journal of Commerce and Trade suggests peer reviewers to adhere to during conducting peer reviews.

Do's and Don'ts for Reviewers

Dos and Don'ts for Reviewers

Recommendation of the Reviewer

Recommendation of the Reviewer has Value. Reviewer should study  keenly the Reviewer Guidelines before feeling free to Review and Filling up Review Form. The key parameters to be applied in the final evaluation of all types of submission are:

  • Innovation (Is the submitted manuscript original? Does it provide new evidence or ideas capable of furthering knowledge in the given social economic context?)
  • Quality (clarity, logic, language, layout, pictures, diagrams, graphs and content etc.)
  • Relevance

Reviewer's recommendation at the end of the form is mandatory to mark as below:

  • Accept Submission: The paper is approved and will be published in its original form.
  • Revisions Required: The paper is approved subject to minor corrections and modifications mentioned in the peer-review. It needs not another round of peer review.
  • Resubmit for Review: The paper has major flaws and technical disputes. The author/s have to revise it as per suggested in the peer reviews and resubmit it for another round of peer review.
  • Resubmit Elsewhere: The paper does not fit according to the Journal specific guidelines and cannot be approved for publication in Journal of Commerce and Trade.
  • Decline Submission: The paper will not be published even if the authors make major revisions.

Final Decision

The editors will weigh all views and may call for another opinion or ask the author for a revised paper before making a decision. Editors may also ask the author to submit other relevant evidences if require in relation to the submitted manuscript. Accepting and Rejecting Decisions are purely vests in Editor. The corresponding author will recieve an email about the final decision. The aritcle is published under the licence:
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Commitment to the Reviewers

Once you have delivered your review, we take the opportunity to thank you sincerely on behalf of the journal, editors and author(s) for the time you have taken to give your valuable input to the manuscript.

Competing Interests

Overview

A competing interest exists wherever an individual could be affected or perceived to be affected in their ability to perform a role objectively. Commercial funding or commercial affiliations, for example, may be perceived to have compromised the ability of an author to conduct an unbiased study. Likewise, an editor or reviewer may be unable to provide an objective assessment of a manuscript if a personal relationship influences them, such as a shared affiliation with the author(s). Journal of Commerce and Trade is committed to disclose competing interests (often called ‘conflicts of interest’) whether it is of author or reviewer or editor.

Journal's Policy on Competing Interests

It is of paramount importance for Journal of Commerce and Trade to establish clear and transparent criteria on what constitutes a competing or conflicting interest. In such circumstances alternative reviewers need to be sought, and in which cases disclosures need to be made effectively. Here are some points about competing interests among editors, reviewers and authors as given below:

  • Family or close personal friends:Never acceptable
  • Current collaborations:An ongoing collaboration is never acceptable. Collaboration in the past 3 years are manually verified. If the collaboration presents a low risk of potential bias, the editor/reviewer can continue with an accompanying disclosure statement.
  • Supervisor/advisor relationships:Ongoing supervisory relationships are never acceptable. The same is true for a student/subordinate relationship.
  • Shared affiliations:Generally not acceptable, except in the case of a large institution, and where no other conflicts exist. If a shared affiliation is permitted, a disclosure will accompany the publication.
  • Financial interests with the authors, related businesses, or the content of the manuscript:Never acceptable

 

Queries
In case of any query, message or email to editor.
Updated: 25 July, 2022