Peer Review Policy
Review Policy
- Introduction:
IJCNW is committed to maintaining high scholarly standards via a rigorous double-blind peer review process.
- Editorial Oversight:
The Editorial Board assigns handling editors who coordinate the submission’s review, select appropriate reviewers, monitor timelines, and manage decisions.
- Peer Review Process:
Every manuscript submitted to IJCNW first undergoes an initial editorial screening for scope-fit, originality, ethical compliance, and baseline scholarly format.
Manuscripts passing screening are sent to at least two independent reviewers with subject-matter expertise relevant to conventional and non-conventional warfare topics.
Reviewers evaluate the manuscript on originality, methodological robustness, significance of findings, clarity of writing, alignment with the journal’s scope and ethical requirements.
- Reviewer Selection:
Reviewers are selected based on domain expertise, research credentials, neutrality (no conflicts of interest) and their commitment to timely review.
- Reviewer Anonymity:
IJCNW uses a double-blind review model: authors do not know reviewers’ identities and reviewers do not know authors’ identities.
- Editorial Decision:
Editors may accept, request revisions, or reject manuscripts based on reviewers’ recommendations.
- Transparency and Accountability:
IJCNW consistently reviews and improves its peer-review procedures to ensure fairness, timeliness, clarity and accountability in editorial operations.
