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Peer Review Policy
Manuscript review for PEACES is conducted in accordance with Chapter 4, "Review Procedures and Criteria", of the Editorial Regulations / Regulations on the Publication of the Journal.
Article 8 (Commissioning of Review)
- The Editorial Board shall convene immediately after the submission deadline for each issue.
- Editorial board members shall recommend three specialists to review each submitted article, and the Editor-in-Chief shall appoint them as reviewers.
- Reviewers shall prepare their assessments in accordance with the review form prescribed by the Editorial Board.
Article 9 (First Review)
- Each article shall be reviewed by three reviewers.
- The Editorial Board may request revision of a submitted article in accordance with its editorial policy and the opinions of the reviewers.
- The grades of the first review shall be Accept, Accept after Revision, and Reject. The overall decision following the first review shall be made according to the table below.
| Decision | Reviewer 1 | Reviewer 2 | Reviewer 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accept | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| ○ | ○ | △ | |
| Accept after revision | ○ | ○ | ☓ |
| ○ | △ | △ | |
| △ | △ | △ | |
| Revise and resubmit for review | ○ | △ | ☓ |
| △ | △ | ☓ | |
| Reject | ○ | ☓ | ☓ |
| △ | ☓ | ☓ | |
| ☓ | ☓ | ☓ |
Accept (○), Accept after revision (△), Reject (☓)
Article 10 (Acceptance after Revision and Second Review)
- The Editorial Board shall notify the author of the decision and of the substance of the review, on the basis of the reviewers' comments recorded on the article assessment form.
- An article judged 'Accept after revision' in the first review shall be revised in accordance with the assessment form and resubmitted.
- An article judged 'Revise and resubmit for review' in the first review shall undergo the second review on one occasion only.
- The second review shall be conducted for the following issue. It shall be carried out by two reviewers, and the article shall be published only where both judge it acceptable.
Article 11 (Rejection and Other Matters)
- An article judged 'Reject' in the first review may not be published in the issue concerned.
- Where an objection is raised to a decision of 'Reject', the Editorial Board shall consider it and decide whether a further review is to be conducted.
- Matters not prescribed in these Regulations shall be decided by the Editor-in-Chief.