The Journal of Early Childhood Education (JAUD) implements a rigorous peer-review process to ensure the quality, validity, and originality of every article published. All submitted manuscripts, after passing initial checks for plagiarism and formatting suitability by the editors, will proceed to the peer-review stage. JAUD utilizes a double-blind peer review system, meaning that both the identities of the authors and the reviewers are kept confidential from each other throughout the entire review process. This approach aims to minimize potential bias, ensuring an objective and fair evaluation of manuscripts based solely on the scientific merit of their content.
Once a manuscript successfully passes the initial screening, the editors will assign two or more expert reviewers in fields relevant to the manuscript's topic. These reviewers are academics and researchers with in-depth expertise in early childhood education and development or related disciplines. They will evaluate the manuscript based on several key criteria, including research significance, originality, methodological soundness, clarity of writing, data analysis, interpretation of findings, and relevance to the journal's focus and scope. This review process typically takes between 4 to 8 weeks, depending on the manuscript's complexity and the reviewers' availability. The editors will consider the reviewers' recommendations before making a final decision.
Review decisions can be one of the following options: accepted without revisions, accepted with minor revisions, accepted with major revisions, or rejected. If revisions are requested, authors will be given a specific timeframe to respond to the feedback from the reviewers and editors, and to submit the revised manuscript. Revised manuscripts may be sent back to the original reviewers for a second review, especially if the requested changes are significant. This peer-review process is an integral part of JAUD's commitment to maintaining high academic standards and ensuring that only the best research, which significantly contributes to the scholarly literature in early childhood, will be published.
