All paper submissions are blind peer-reviewed, a process that involves three anonymous reviewers. The editor assigns a control number to each submission, which is forwarded to the peer reviewers together with the form to be accomplished upon finishing the review.
The reviewers will be assigned by the editor. The basis of the assignment is the reviewers’ expertise on the communication sub-discipline to be reviewed. The editorial advisory board may recommend names of potential reviewers to the editor in case the assigned peer reviewer is not deemed fit for the paper topic. The reviewer may decline the assignment if his/her expertise and the paper topic are not aligned. In such case, the editor assigns a new reviewer or seeks the recommendation of the editorial advisory board.
The reviewers are given three weeks to read the article. In case they cannot meet the three-week deadline, the reviewers must inform the editor via email. They will be given another week or two to provide feedback about the article. Once finished, they must fill out the form indicating the title of the article, the article’s control number, and the comments for revisions.
The editor collates the three reviews and forwards them to the author. Based on the recommendations of at least two of the three reviewers, the editor decides whether to accept or reject the paper. Once accepted with revisions, the manuscript must be revised following the comments of the reviewers. The author must submit to the editor the revised manuscript with the original text. The revised manuscript with the original paper is forwarded to the editors for review. When further revisions must be done, the reviewer-editor-author process is done. Revisions can be made thrice, beyond that means rejection of the manuscript.
Prior to submitting the final manuscript, the author must send it to a proofreader. The proofreader makes the necessary modifications in terms of grammar, vocabulary, punctuations, and spelling. The proofreader may contact the author for clarifications regarding the paper. After proofreading, the proofreader sends back the manuscript to the author for checking.
The editor-in-chief decides on the final entries to the publication.