Review Process
The Editorial & Peer Review Ecosystem
International Journal of Humanities & Social Science (IJHSS), published by Southern Cross Academic Press, relies on a distinguished team of editors and an expert peer-review panel. Our mission is to uphold the journal's reputation by guaranteeing the accuracy, superiority, and intellectual depth of all published research.
1. Editorial Responsibility
Our editors supervise the editorial process, selecting papers that significantly advance scientific knowledge.
- ✔ Pre-Review Screening: Deciding whether to accept, reject, format, or return the document for correction before peer review.
- ✔ Language & Accuracy: Correcting spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors to help authors refine their final manuscript.
- ✔ Confidentiality & Conflict: Ensuring no authorship conflicts exist while protecting the author’s work from unauthorized access.
2. The Peer Review Pillar
Peer review is the fundamental building block for research published in top-tier indexed journals.
- • Fraud Removal & Integrity: Peers evaluate original research against reference journals to eliminate plagiarized work and ensure legitimacy.
- • DOI & Tracking: Submitted articles are immediately assigned a Digital Object Identification (DOI) and certified with Crossref for global tracking.
3. Protocol for Scholarly Evaluation
In accordance with our double-blind peer review policy, reviewers follow strict evaluative criteria:
- ◈ Expertise & Promptness: Reviewers must accept requests matching their specialty and complete reviews within one week.
- ◈ Core Review Criteria: Focus on Quality & Originality (Web of Science/Scopus), Methodological Rigor, and Statistical Accuracy.
- ◈ Written Feedback: Preparation of comprehensive, polite, and constructive comments regarding strengths, weaknesses, and readability.
- ◈ Recommendations: Reviewers recommend Accept, Minor Revisions, Major Revisions, or Reject.
