Peer Review Process

Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Journal of Geographical Research: Geoeducasia will be reviewed. The manuscript will be sent to reviewer(s) for blind peer review. At their discretion, the reviewer may opt to reveal their name to the author in their review. However, our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed.

The suggested decision will be evaluated in an editorial board meeting based on the reviewer's recommendation from several possibilities: rejected, require major revision, need minor revision, or accepted. Afterward, the editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible. The editors aim to reach an editorial decision within three months of submission.

In short, the steps are:

  • Manuscript Submission (by author) (step 1)

  • Manuscript Check and Selection (by manager and editors) (step 2). Editors have a right to directly accept, reject, or review. Prior to further processing steps, plagiarism check using Turnitin is applied for each manuscript in this step.

  • Manuscript Reviewing Process (by reviewers) (step 3) and back to the editors (Step 4).

  • Notification of Manuscript Acceptance, Revision, or Rejection (by editor to author based on reviewers comments) (step 5)

  • Paper Revision (by author)

  • Revision Submission based on Reviewer Suggestion (by author) with the similar flow to point number 1. (step 1)

  • If the reviewer seems to be satisfied with revision, notification for acceptance (by editor). (step 6)

  • Galley proof (step 7) and publishing process (step 8)

The steps point number 1 to 5 are considered as 1 round of the peer-reviewing process. The editor or editorial board considers the feedback provided by the peer reviewers and arrives at a decision. The following are the most common decisions:

  • Accepted, as it is. The journal will publish the paper in its original form.

  • Accepted by Minor Revisions, the journal will publish the paper and asks the author to make small corrections (let authors revised with stipulated time).

  • Accepted by Major Revisions, the journal will publish, if the paper provided the authors make the changes suggested by the reviewers and/or editors (let authors revised with stipulated time).

  • Resubmit (conditional rejection), the journal is willing to reconsider the paper in another round of decision making after the authors make major changes.

  • Rejected (outright rejection), the journal will not publish the paper or reconsider it even if the authors make major revisions.

Peer Review Policy

This journal uses double-blind peer-review, which means that the reviewers of the paper won’t get to know the identity of the author(s), and the author(s) won’t get to know the identity of the reviewer. The idea is that everyone should get a similar and unbiased review.