All papers will be reviewed through a double-blind process. Reviewers and journal editors are
expected to provide comments and critiques in a confidential, constructive, prompt, and unbiased
manner appropriate for their position of responsibility. Collegiality, respect for the author’s dignity,
and the search for ways to improve the quality of the manuscript should characterize the review
process.

Author(s) identity is removed from the manuscript and shielded from the reviewers during the review
process. The reviewer is left with only the manuscript without any information that might enable
him/her uncovers the identity of the author(s). Information removed includes the author(s) name,
address/affiliation, country, phone/fax and email. Any information in the Acknowledgement and
Declaration of Conflict of Interest that may lead to the uncovering of the identity of the author is also
removed from the manuscript prior to sending it to reviewers.

Manuscripts are assigned to members of the editorial board of the journal or other qualified
reviewers. Reviewers make one of the following recommendations:
1. Accept
2. Accept with minor revision
3. Revise and resubmit
4. Reject

A Review Certificate is issued to reviewers after the review of the manuscript and or their name
appears on the second page of the journal. The review reports are sent to the authors. However,
reviewers’ identity is removed from the review reports. The author(s) is left with only the review
reports/recommendation without any information that might enable him/her uncovers the identity
of the reviewers. A minimum of two review reports are required per manuscript. On receipt of the
author(s) revised manuscript, the original manuscript, the revised manuscript and the review reports
are sent to the editor. The Internal editorial board makes one of the following decisions:
1. Accept
2. The Manuscript Requires Improvement
3. Reject

Only the Internal Editorial Board has the authority to “Accept” or “Reject” a manuscript. If a
manuscript is “Accepted”, an Acceptance Certificate is issued to the author(s) and the manuscripts are
processed for publication. If a manuscript is rejected, the authors are informed of the decision and no
further processing is done on the manuscript. If a manuscript requires improvement, it is sent to the
author(s) with the editor’s recommendation for further revision.