Review Process

 

• Both executive editors will read all submissions and determine whether the submission fits with the goals and readership of MSRJ:
  • In cases of disagreement between the two executive editors a senior editor will serve as a tie-breaker.
  • Authors will be notified of the submission status as soon as an initial decision is made.
• Some initial rejections may be allowed to be resubmitted if initial quality of the manuscript is not suitable for review, but the topic still fits within the scope of  MSRJ.  
• If the editors agree that the submission should continue along in the review process, one executive editor will be in charge of the paper and will assign it to a senior editor.
• The senior editor is in charge of assigning a junior editor to oversee the student review process. In addition the senior editor finds an appropriate faculty expert to act as a reviewer.
• Three trained student reviewers will review the submission independently and send comments to the junior editor.
• The junior editor will compile all student and faculty reviewer comments and the senior editor will contact the authors with the majority decision regarding the manuscript status, and provide the authors with reviewer comments. The types of reviewer decisions are described here.
• If necessary, the authors will then be expected to make necessary changes and submit the new document with a formatted response.
• The senior editor will be in contact with the authors until the changes are deemed acceptable.
• When all needed changes have been made, the submission will be sent to the copy editor.
• The copy-edited and formatted format will be reviewed by the authors, junior editor, senior editor, executive editor, and faculty to ensure the manuscript is finalized before publishing.
• Finally, the manuscript will be ready for publication in our next issue.