Peer-Review Policy

The manuscripts/research papers submitted to the International Journal of Statistics and Reliability Engineering (IJSRE) undergo for peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers of the journal’s international Editorial Review Board of experts in fields specifically matching the journal topics. The papers are reviewed, double-blind, in full publishable form. And, no journal manuscripts are accepted based only upon submission of an abstract. Reviewers are required to provide the author(s) with comments intended to improve the contents, Conceptual aspects, style, and other issues which should improve the quality of the work. During peer review, reviewers will be able to access your manuscript securely using our online system, whilst maintaining referee anonymity. By policy, referees are not identified to the authors.

Decision after Review

After considering the reviewer’s reports, the Editorial Board Member will make one of the following decisions:

• Accept outright
• Request a minor revision, where authors revise their manuscript to address specific concerns
• Request a major revision, where authors revise their manuscript to address significant concerns and perhaps undertake additional work
• Reject outright

Revisions

In cases where the referees or Editorial Board Member has requested changes to the manuscript/research paper, you will be invited to prepare a revision. The decision letter will specify a deadline for submission of a revised manuscript. Once resubmitted, the manuscript may then be sent back to the original referees or to new referees, at the Editorial Board Member's discretion. A revised manuscript should be submitted via the revision link provided in the decision letter, and not as a new manuscript. The revision should also be accompanied by a point-by-point response to referees explaining how the manuscript has been changed.

Final Submission and Acceptance

When all editorial issues are resolved, the paper will be formally accepted for publication. The received date stated on the paper will be the date on which the original submission passed our standard quality control checks, which are based on the journal's submission criteria. The accepted date stated on the paper will be the date on which the Editorial Board Member sent the acceptance letter.

After acceptance, authors are sent proofs of their manuscripts/research papers but only changes to the title, author list or scientific errors will be permitted. All corrections must be approved by the publishing team. Scientific Reports reserves the right to make the final decision about matters of style and the size of figures.

Acceptance Rate:

The acceptance rate for International Journal of Statistics and Reliability Engineering (IJSRE) journal is 20-25%.