Peer Review Process
- The Editorial Board of the Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Engineering (AJAE) will immediately screen all articles submitted for publication in that journal. Those articles which fail to reach the scientific standards of the journal may be declined without further review.
- Those articles which satisfy the requirements of the Editorial Board will be sent to a maximum of three referees. These are experts in the field who have agreed to provide a rapid assessment of the article. Every effort will be made to provide an editorial decision as to acceptance for publication within 2-4 weeks of submission.
- Referees may request a revision of the article to be made. In this case, it is generally understood that only one revised version can be considered for further appraisal under the peer-review system.
- The Editorial Board of our journal is responsible for the final selection of referees to conduct the peer-review process for that journal.
- The names of referees will not be made available to authors. However, referees will be informed as to the identity of the authors whose articles are subject to review.
- All members of the Editorial Board and referees are asked to declare any competing interests they may have in reviewing a manuscript in double-blind way.
- If on receiving the editorial decision concerning their manuscript authors are not satisfied they are invited to appeal to the Editorial Office. In cases in which this is considered appropriate, a second opinion on the manuscript will be requested.
