Decision-Making Process

Research Journal of Social Sciences and Policy Review

Editorial Decision-Making Process – RJSSPR

RJSSPR enforces a systematic, transparent, and ethical editorial process to maintain quality in social sciences and policy research.

• Initial Screening: Alignment with scope, formatting, ethics, plagiarism checks

• Peer Review: Double-blind evaluation by 2+ reviewers

• Reviewer Assessment: Originality, relevance, methodology, clarity, ethics

• Editorial Decision: Accept, Minor/Major Revisions, Reject

• Revision Timeline: Minor (2–3 weeks), Major (4–6 weeks), possible second review

• Communication & Appeals: Authors receive decision, feedback; formal appeal mechanism in place

• Post-Acceptance: Copyediting, proofs, open-access publication

• Ethics Compliance: Conflict of interest, research ethics approval, data integrity