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Peer Review Process

How a submission moves from receipt to decision.

The stages

Initial screening by the editorial desk for scope, form and completeness.
Internal analytical review: logic, consistency, depth and gaps.
Editorial review: language, structure and clarity.
Technical validation: data, citations and numerical claims, and a check that no sensitive data is included.
Senior review and advisory clearance: strategic relevance, policy implications and institutional alignment.
Finalisation and formatting, then publication and dissemination.

Reviews are carried out by members of the Editorial Ecosystem matched to the form of publication: research advisors for monographs and individually authored books, editors for edited volumes, the Editorial and Publication Board for web publications, and each journal's editorial board for journal articles.

Accept, accept with minor revisions, revise and resubmit, or decline. The author receives the reasons for the decision and the reviewers' comments.

Manuscripts under review are confidential. Reviewers judge the work, not the author, and declare any conflict of interest before they begin.

Reader and reviewer feedback is collected so that standards keep improving, and corrections are made openly where needed.