All research articles published in ICTer Journal are peer-reviewed. ICTer Journal operates with “double-blind” peer review policy in which neither reviewer nor the author will not get to know the identity of themselves.

Following is the peer review process applied in ICTer Journal.

 

Peer Review Process – Regular Papers

1. Upon receiving a new submission, each manuscript is checked for anonymity, basic formatting guidelines and plagiarism. If the manuscript does not conform to these guidelines, the submission will be desk-rejected.
2. Upon receiving a new submission, each paper is subjected to a preliminary review by the Associate Editor appointed by the Editor of the ICTer Journal to assess the suitability of the manuscript and relevance to the ICTer Journal.
3. If the submission is accepted at the preliminary review, the submission is assigned to two peer reviewers.
4. Upon receiving the peer reviews, the Associate Editor decides whether the paper is suitable for publishing in the journal, and the authors are informed of the decision. (If there are concerns raised by the reviewers, the authors may be given an opportunity to submit a revised version and address the concerns, up to the satisfaction of the Associate Editor).
5. If the manuscript is suitable to be published, the paper is proofread and subjected to copy-editing.
6. The paper is approved and assigned to an issue in an ICTer Journal.
7. The paper is published in the scheduled Issue of the ICTer Journal, in the Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL) and https://journal.icter.org, including the Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).

 

Policy of ICTer Journal Preliminary Review

Under the editorial policy, ICTer Journal will check each new submission for anonymity, formatting guidelines, and plagiarism before it is assigned for preliminary review. If the submission does not conform to these criteria, the submission will be desk-rejected. The similarity score must be less than 20% to review a submission to the ICTer Journal. Any submissions which are decided as plagiarism will be desk rejected.

 

Criteria for Publication

A journal paper to be published in ICTer journal should meet the following general criteria:

• Relevance to ICTer Scope
• Adequate scientific merit
• Followed author guidelines
• Substantial literature review
• Substantial research contribution
• Critical Evaluation
• Original work which has not been formally published or under review in any other journal/book/ conference/etc.

 

Review Decisions

The Associate Editor will provide a recommendation regarding a particular manuscript based on reviewers’ comments as following:

• Accept without further modifications
• Accept subject to minor revisions
• Major revision, providing resubmission with substantial modifications
• Reject, no resubmission allowed