Peer Review Guidelines
Avicenna Journal of Care and Health in Operating Room as a member of UMSHA Press Journals, published by Hamadan University of Medical
Sciences (UMSHA) Press, is committed to apply double-blind peer reviewing process, based
on the COPE Ethical
Guidelines for Peer Reviewers and ICMJE's Recommendations
for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in
Medical Journals.
Peer Review Process
The decision to publish a paper is based on an editorial
assessment and peer review. Initially all papers are assessed by an editorial
committee consisting of 2 or more members of the editorial team. The prime
purpose is to decide whether to send a paper for peer review and to give a
rapid decision on those that are not.
Editorials and Letters may be accepted at this stage but
in all other cases the decision is to reject the paper or to send it for peer
review. Papers which do not meet basic standards or are unlikely to be
published irrespective of a positive peer review, for example because their
novel contribution is insufficient or the relevance to the discipline is
unclear, may be rejected at this point in order to avoid delays to authors who
may wish to seek publication elsewhere.
Occasionally a paper will be returned to the author with
requests for revisions in order to assist the editors in deciding whether or
not send it out for review. Authors can expect a decision from this stage of
the review process within 1–2 weeks of submission.
Manuscripts going forward to the review process are
reviewed by members of an international expert panel. All such papers will
undergo a double blind peer review by two or more reviewers, under supervision
of the journal section editor and also the Editor-in-Chief. We take every
reasonable step to ensure author identity is concealed during the review
process but it is up to authors to ensure that their details of prior
publications etc. do not reveal their identity. Authors who reveal their
identity in the manuscript will be deemed to have declined anonymity and the
review will be single blind (i.e. authors do not know reviewers' identities).
We aim to complete the review process within 6 weeks of
the decision to review although occasionally delays do happen and authors
should allow at least 8 weeks from submissions before contacting the journal.
The Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to the final decision regarding
acceptance. You may find the journal’s article reviewing procedure, here.
Conflict of Interests
Peer reviewers must keep
any information regarding the identity of the authors and the content of the
manuscript confidential.
Peer review comments should be objective and constructive
without being of a hostile or derogatory nature.
Further information on ethical peer review issues and
conflicts of interest can be found in the COPE
guidelines
Peer Reviewers
Updated 2 May 2023