Authors must submit manuscripts through the system to be considered for publication in a journal published by CV Explore Gate Consultant. Manuscripts will go through a peer review process (blind-review process). We only publish articles that have been reviewed and approved by highly qualified researchers with expertise in the appropriate field.

Acceptance or rejection of manuscripts submitted by authors will be decided by the editorial board, which is based on the results of the review. The first screening is the content/scope and novelty of the submitted article, which is carried out by the editor.

After passing the first screening, to get a fair review process, the ICSS Journal will process each article with at least 3 reviewers, namely one internal reviewer (CV Explore Gate Consultant) and two external reviewers.

There is no communication between authors and reviewers during the review process. In addition, there is no communication between authors and editors regarding the rejection decision.

Authors whose papers are accepted, revised, or rejected will be informed of the results of the reviewers.

Steps for the review process:

1. Manuscript Submission (by authors)
2. Manuscript Examination and Selection (by managers and editors). Editors have the right to directly accept, reject, or review. Before further processing steps, a plagiarism check using Turnitin is applied to each manuscript.
3. Manuscript Review Process (by reviewers)
4. Notification of Acceptance, Revision, or Rejection of Manuscript (by editor to author based on reviewer comments)
5. Paper Revision (by author). Submission of Revision based on Reviewer Suggestion (by author) with a flow similar to point number 1. If the reviewer seems satisfied with the revision, notification for acceptance (by editor).
6. Proofing and publishing galley process.
7. Steps point number 1 to 5 are considered as 1 round of the peer review process. And, our review process at least goes through 2 rounds of review process.

The journal editor or editorial board considers the feedback given by peer reviewers and comes to a decision. The following are the most common decisions:

1. The article is accepted without any changes (acceptance): the journal will publish the paper in its original form
2. The article is accepted with minor revisions (acceptance): the journal will publish the paper and ask the authors to make minor corrections
3. The article is accepted after major revisions (conditional acceptance): the journal will publish the paper provided the authors make the changes suggested by the reviewers and/or editors
4. The article must be revised and resubmitted (conditional refusal): the journal is willing to reconsider the paper in the next decision-making round after the authors have made major changes

The article is rejected (outright refusal): the journal will not publish the paper or reconsider it even if the authors make major revisions