Personalized and Precision Medicine Journal

Peer Review Policy

Personalized & Precision Medicine Journal  uses double-blind peer review to review manuscripts, so the reviewers do not know the author's identity or vice versa.

Reviewers’ Responsibilities  

(https://publicationethics.org/files/u7140/Peer%20review%20guidelines.pdf)

• Confidentiality of article information must be observed in all areas. The article review process is to be done anonymously.
• Reviewers should judge articles at the appropriate time and assist the editorial team in deciding whether or not to accept the article.
• The referees' suggestions regarding the published articles should be submitted as judging forms and in the comment section for the author and editor.
• Reviewers should refrain from judging articles with conflicts of interest and report any such conflicts as soon as possible.
• Reviewers' judgments about the quality and content of articles should be based on professional and objective opinions.

Peer Review Process

From the moment the article is received on the website until it is published, the paper will go through different stages in the following order:

1- The initial review stage (3 to 10 days)

At this stage, articles with the proper structure based on the "Article Editing Guide" are sent to the journal's editorial board for review. At this point, articles with the appropriate scientific content that are consistent with the journal's aim and scope will be initially approved, and the editorial board will select a reviewer from their peers for them. This process usually takes 3 to 10 days.

2- The Review stage (2 to 3 months)

The articles approved in the previous stage are sent to at least two reviewers for an opinion on the subject of the article. After the review, articles are divided into one of three categories according to the outcome of the review:
1. Articles that need no correction and can be published as they are;
2. Articles that can be published after revisions based on reviewers' comments;
3. Articles that are not publishable.
Obviously, the first category articles will be published immediately after admission. The second category will be sent to the article's main author to get revised according to the reviewer's comments, and non-printable articles will be removed from the publication path while informing the author of the article. This stage usually takes 2 to 3 months.

3- The Revision stage

At this stage, the author or authors of the article must make revisions based on the reviews within a maximum of 15 days from the date of receiving the article or explain their reasons for not needing revisions through the journal website. An article may need to be revised two or three times before its content is deemed acceptable by the journal editors. After the editors approve the revisions, the article is referred to the author.

4- The final acceptance stage

After revising the article based on the reviewer's comments or providing sufficient reasons for not needing revisions, it will be put in the publication queue, and the author will receive a written letter about its final acceptance and publication.