Peer review process

Journal of Fisheries Science and Technology follows a rigorous double-blind peer-review process. The reviewers' identities are not disclosed to the authors, and vice versa. The manuscripts should be submitted via the online submission system.

The average time to publish a manuscript on Journal of Fisheries Science and Technology is 3 to 6 months.

The review and publication process is outlined in the following steps: preliminary screening, peer review, handling the results, and final decision.

- Preliminary screening and plagiarism check: The editor will check a manuscript regarding plagiarism and evaluate formatting requirements and significance. When the editors make a decision, they will notify the author by email:

+ Revisions required and resubmitted

+ Rejected

- Peer review: If the manuscript passes the preliminary screening, the Section Editor will appoint two potential reviewers with the relevant field for evaluating the manuscript.

Reviewers agree to review the manuscript and submit their conclusions, and recommendations in the system may be:

+ Accepted

+ Revisions required

+ Rejected

- Handling the review process: The Section Editor considers and decides. The author will receive one of the following decisions:

+ Accepted

+ Revised: The author revises the manuscript based on the reviewers' comments and suggestions. This process will repeat until two reviewers accept or reject the manuscript.

+ Rejected

- Final decision: The manuscript passed in the review process will be edited by the editor team and proofreaders; after that, they will be discussed with the author by email. The final manuscript will be sent to the Editor-in-Chief who gives the final decision:

+ Accepted: Waiting to be published online

+ Rejection: The editor will contact the author about the decision

Articles are published sequentially according to submission time, and the Editor-in-Chief will decide some priority cases. The number of publications is no more than two articles/issue/main author (first author in the article).