Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to JPPGS undergo an initial selection and evaluation by the Board of Editors to ensure compliance with the journal’s writing guidelines, focus and scope, and standards of academic quality. The journal applies a double-blind peer review process, in which the identities of both authors and reviewers are concealed.

• Desk Review: At this stage, manuscripts are assessed to determine whether they meet the journal’s writing guidelines, focus and scope, and academic quality standards. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements may be returned to the authors for revision or may be rejected without further review;
• Peer Review: Manuscripts that pass the desk review are forwarded to two reviewers with relevant expertise. The peer review process is conducted within three weeks. Manuscripts that do not pass the desk review will not proceed to the peer review stage;
• Reviewer's Decision: The reviewers will provide the following recommendations: 1) Accepted; means that the manuscript is acceptable for publication, 2) Accepted with minor revisions; means that the manuscript is acceptable for publication once it is revised in response to the reviewers concerns, 3) Accepted with major revisions; means that substantive inadequacies in the manuscript, such as data analysis, the main theory used, and rewriting of paragraphs, need to be revised, 4) Rejected; means that the manuscript is not acceptable for publication or the given reviews relate to very basic issues. The reviewer’s decision will be considered by the Board of Editors to determine the ensuing process of the manuscript.;
• Revision Stage: Manuscripts requiring minor or major revisions will be returned to the authors along with a review summary form. Authors are given three weeks to complete major revisions and one week to complete minor revisions. When submitting the revised manuscript, authors must complete and attach the review summary form;
• Final decision: At this stage, the revised manuscript will be re-evaluated by the Board of Editors to ensure that the authors have adequately addressed the reviewers’ comments. At this final decision stage, the manuscript may still be rejected if the required revisions have not been properly implemented;
• Proofread: Once the manuscript has been deemed acceptable by the Board of Editors, it will undergo a proofreading process to maintain linguistic quality;
• Publication confirmation: At this stage, the final layout of the manuscript will be sent to the author for confirmation to ensure that the content accurately reflects the author’s work. Authors may correct typographical errors found in the final manuscript. Upon receiving the author’s confirmation, the Editorial Secretary will proceed with online and print publication.