Annual Schedule

The journal follows the schedule outlined below, but please read the following notes carefully.

  • Papers submitted outside of the acceptance period will be assigned to the next closest issue.
    • In cases of review delays, submission procedure errors by authors, or unforeseen issues, publication of the paper may be postponed to the next issue. Papers submitted during the acceptance period are not guaranteed to be published in the corresponding issue.
      Process \ PublicationOct Jan April July
      Reception6/1 – 309/1 – 3012/1 – 303/1-30
      Request a Screening by the Editorial Chairman7/1 – 710/1 – 71/4 – 73/31-4/6
      Request a Screening by the Editorial Vice Chairman7/8 – 1410/8 – 141/8 – 134/7-13
      Peer Review7/15 – 8/410/15 – 11/41/14 – 2/34/14 - 5/4
      Revision8/5 – 2511/5 – 252/4 – 245/5 - 25
      Second-order Peer Review8/26 – 9/811/26 – 12/92/25 – 3/105/26 - 6/8
      Decision by a Meta-Reviewer9/9 – 1512/10 – 163/11 – 176/9 - 15
      Editing (Electronic journal)9/16 – 3012/17 – 273/18 – 4/16/16 - 30
      Publishing (Electronic journal)10/11/44/27/1