REVIEW PROCESS
Editorial and Peer Review
All submitted manuscripts are reviewed initially by the Editor-in-Chief for quality, novelty, scientific importance, and relevance to the journal's general audience. Manuscripts with insufficient priority for publication or those that are outside the scope of the journal are rejected promptly.
Manuscripts considered relevant are sent to Section Editors. Only these manuscripts will be reviewed by experts in the field. The Section Editors select the external peer reviewers and make the final decisions on manuscripts. AJOMS employs a double-blind review process in which peer reviewer and author identities are kept confidential. The existence of a manuscript under review is not revealed to anyone other than the peer reviewers and editorial staff. Peer reviewers are required to maintain confidentiality about the manuscripts they review and must not divulge any information about a specific manuscript or its content to any third party without prior permission from the journal editors. All authors are sent notification of the receipt of manuscripts and editorial decisions made, by e-mail.
Fast-Track Review
In some case AJOMS Editor can expedite a review of a paper. The need for expedited or fast-track review shall be indicated in the cover letter with reason explained. Only manuscripts that deserve rapid review and publication will be fast-tracked by Editor-in-Chief.
Appeal Requests
Authors who wish to request reconsideration of a rejected manuscript should contact the Editorial Office at [email protected]. Requests must include the manuscript ID (AJOMS-2024-0059) and a detailed description of why the authors believe the paper should be reconsidered. If the appeal is allowed, instructions will be provided on how to resubmit your paper.
Submissions from Editors
AJOMS works hard to ensure that any submission from the Editor-in-Chief or a member of the journal’s Editorial Board receives an objective evaluation. This is achieved by assigning any submitted manuscript from the Editor-in-Chief or an Editorial Board member to an impartial Section Editor who can maintain the integrity of the review process. In most cases, AJOMS invites the External Guest Editors.
Embargo Policy
Once your manuscript is submitted to AJOMS, it is immediately embargoed from being presented or discussed elsewhere until one week before the publication date. Authors who discuss their work with the media in violation of above requirements must ensure that the media representatives know the embargo policy and the embargo date.
Authors can participate in scientific conferences prior to publication of their article in AJOMS if their paper is in press (accepted and sent to production).
Author guidelines for discussing articles at scientific conferences:
No article title and details shall be given out. However, it is allowed to discuss the findings and results of the work in general terms. A figure or table from submitted manuscript may be shown during the presentation.
The copies of the manuscript, tables, or figures can not distributed.
If an embargo break is the result of any action by an author, the author risks withdrawal of publication of the manuscript.
