Educator Development Journal is committed to maintaining high standards of academic quality, originality, and integrity through a systematic and objective peer review process. All submitted manuscripts are evaluated in accordance with the journal's editorial policies and publication ethics.
Every manuscript undergoes an initial screening by the editor to assess its suitability for the journal's focus and scope, compliance with the author guidelines, completeness of the submission, and adherence to publication ethics. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements may be returned to the authors for revision or rejected at the initial stage.
Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are assigned to reviewers with relevant expertise in the subject area. Reviewer selection considers academic qualifications, subject-matter expertise, objectivity, and potential conflicts of interest.
Manuscripts are evaluated by qualified reviewers in accordance with the journal's peer review system. Under a double-blind peer review system, the identities of both authors and reviewers remain confidential throughout the review process.
Reviewers assess manuscripts based on the following criteria:
Reviewers provide comments, suggestions, and recommendations to the editor. Recommendations may include acceptance, minor revision, major revision, or rejection. The final decision rests with the editor.
Authors are required to revise their manuscripts in response to reviewers' comments and editorial instructions. Authors should address the comments appropriately and submit the revised manuscript through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform within the specified deadline.
The editor determines the final decision by considering the reviewers' evaluations, the quality of revisions, the manuscript's relevance to the journal's scope, and compliance with publication ethics. Decisions are communicated to authors through OJS or the journal's official communication channels.
All parties involved in the review process must maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and related information. Reviewers and editors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could affect the impartiality of their evaluations.
The review process is conducted fairly, independently, and objectively, based on the scholarly quality of each manuscript. Evaluations must not be influenced by personal background, institutional affiliation, gender, religion, or other factors unrelated to academic merit.
The review process follows the journal's editorial workflow and schedule. The duration may vary depending on reviewer availability, manuscript complexity, revision requirements, and the authors' response time. Any estimated review period is determined by the journal's official policy.
Manuscripts approved for publication proceed to final editing, language and formatting checks, and publication preparation. Articles are published only after fulfilling the journal's editorial, technical, and publication ethics requirements.
