All submitted manuscripts will be checked to determine whether it follows the journal guidelines and ethical policies. Improperly prepared manuscripts will be returned to the authors for changes and resubmission.
Assignment of Reviewers
Editor-in-Chief will determine the compliance of the manuscript with the scope of the journal and the significant contribution that it will add to the scientific community. Passed manuscripts from the initial checks will be assigned to at least two independent experts for peer-review with a maximum period of three weeks. A single-blind review will be applied and the peer-reviewed comments are confidential.
Editorial Intern Decision
Based on feedback and comments from the peer-reviewers, Editor-in-Chief will make the judgment to accept, ask for revision or reject the manuscript. For Minor Revision, the authors will have to resubmit the precisely revised manuscript within a maximum of one week. For Major Revisions authors will have four weeks to submit their revised manuscript. Response to reviewers’ comments should be in a point-by-point fashion. Authors may contact the Editor-in-Chief for extra time when necessary.
Editorial Final Decision
Editor-in-Chief will check for the compliance of authors’ response to the reviewers’ recommendations and determine the final decision.
Publication Process
Once accepted, the manuscript will go for professional editing, language revision and pagination. Galley proof will be sent to the authors for final revision within 48 hours, after which the approved manuscripts will be published online by the journal website http://aprh.journals.ekb.eg/
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