Reviewing process

 

The reviewing process is fully compliant with the ISI recommendations.

 

IxD&A implements a standard usual double-blind reviewing procedure. All papers are assigned to two independent reviewers who are known to have specific and complementary competences in the topic of the paper.


Manuscripts are evaluated in depth review form that considers their RELEVANCE, ORIGINALITY, RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE, QUALITY, CONTEXTUALIZATION OF THE RESEARCH, and CLARITY (organization, readability, grammar and style). 

Each reviewer has to submit a report containing opinions on each of the above aspects.

 


The Editorial Board follows a precise policy on papers acceptance:


• Double acceptance -> paper is accepted.

 

• Double acceptance with request of minor revision -> paper is conditionally accepted and authors are requested to submit a revised version of the paper that, then, is forwarded to the reviewers for checking.

 

• Double acceptance with request of major revision -> paper is not accepted and authors are requested to submit a revised version of the paper that, then, is forwarded to the reviewers for a second run of double-blind reviewing procedure.

 

• Double rejection -> the paper is rejected.

 

• Acceptance + Rejection -> the paper is not accepted and a third reviewer is involved to take a decision on paper rejection/admission to a second double-blind reviewing run; in case of admission, authors are requested to submit a revised version of the paper


The paper must be submitted to the journal in English. It is responsibility of the authors to ensure an adequate proof reading.

In addition, full compliance with authors' guidelines provided by the journal is required.


N.B.: IxD&A is published four times per year and, usually, for regular papers, due to the reviewing process described above it is not possible to extimate in advance in which issue an accepted contribution may appear, in average two issues (six months).


Reviewers

All papers are reviewed by the prominent scholars that are members of the IxD&A Scientific Editors Board and of the Editorial and Scientific Board, and by additional prominent experts recruited on the occasion of the special issues and focus sections.  

 
According to the international standard IxD&A does not disclose the list of the reviewers (aside the editors of special issues and focus sections do not wish expressly to aknowledge the experts for their effort) but such list is always available to indexing and evaluation organizations.

 

Last year unique reviewers: 102

 



Last year acceptance rate

 

around  30%  for special issues and focus sections, around 15% for regular papers

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