Editorial Policy

Preliminary assessments

An expert editor will review all submitted articles to assess whether they are properly drafted, meet the journal's ethical norms, and include all required information. The references in all submitted articles will be reviewed for accuracy. Improper, unsuitable, or ambiguous/misleading references may result in a desk rejection. All submitted articles will be verified for English language accuracy, and authors may be requested to provide language modifications by any native or skilled language editor. iThenticate will be used to check the plagiarism of the articles. For more details, please refer to the plagiarism policy. Manuscripts that are poorly prepared will be returned to the authors for editing and re-execution. Manuscripts having inadequate originality, substantial scientific or technical faults, a lack of a meaningful message, or that are not prepared in accordance with the journal's rules, are rejected without formal peer review.

Review policy

After passing the preliminary assessments, the paper is sent for double-blind peer review. The work will be assessed by at least two appropriate experts (whose names will be kept confidential to the authors) in the relevant subject area. For more details, please refer to our peer review policy.

Editorial Decision

When reaching a judgment on a submitted paper, the reviews of all reviewers will be considered. Based on the reviewers' remarks, ELSR Editor-in-Chief will make the ultimate decision. In order to make an informed judgment, the journal may confer with various specialists and editor(s).

Authors must respond to all reviewers as well as provide an accurate explanation for the reviewers and the handling editor's remarks. Wherever an author disagrees with a reviewer or editor, they must offer a coherent response in their response letter.

Appeals/Reconsideration

If the authors believe there is a serious misunderstanding over a technical component or a failure to appreciate the scientific development, they may appeal the unfavorable judgment with appropriate grounds and request reconsideration. Requests for a second opinion that lack an adequate basis will be rejected. To file an appeal, please send an email to the journal from the corresponding author.

Publication policy

Accepted manuscripts are submitted to copy editing for language corrections, design layout, and journal's style. Page proofs are forwarded to the corresponding author and suppose to return within 3 days. The online submission and peer-review method is used from manuscript submission through final judgment, as well as sending and receiving proofs. In order to provide quicker and wider knowledge and information transmission, ELSR publishes papers online as 'Online First' as soon as they are accepted.