Peer Review Policy

Journal of Water Harvesting Research, uses single-blind peer review to review manuscripts. 

reviewers’ responsibilities  

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

• Confidentiality of article information must be observed in all areas. 
• Reviewers should judge articles at the appropriate time and assist the editorial team in deciding whether or not to accept the article.
• Reviewers should refrain from judging articles with conflict of interest and report any conflict of interest as soon as possible.
• Reviewers should rely on expert and impartial viewpoints to make judgements about the articles' quality and content.
• Peer reviewers should keep all manuscript and review details confidential.

Peer Review Process

phase 1) The initial review (7-10 Days)

Manuscripts that have been properly formatted in accordance with the "Guide for Authors" will sent to the journal's editorial board for approval. Manuscripts with the acceptable scientific content and in line with the aims and scope of the journal will be first approved, and the editorial board will choose  reviewer for them. This process usually takes between 7 to 10 days.

phase 2) The Review stage (1-3 months)

The manuscripts that have been approved in the previous stage, are sent to at least two reviewers who are expert on the subject of the manuscript. After the review, articles are divided into three categories according to the outcome of the review:

1. Acceptable: Articles that need no correction and can be published as they are;

2. Need to revision: Articles that can be published after revisions (Minor or Major) based on reviewer's comments;

3. Rejected Manuscripts: Articles that are not publishable.

phase 3) The Revision (15-20 Days)

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. 

phase 4) The final acceptance 

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

phase 5) Publish the article 

After acceptance, the article will be sent to the editor and page designer. The waiting time for publishing the article depends on the number of accepted articles. After publishing, all articles in PDF and XML formats can be downloaded for free on the website.