Mathews Journal of Psychiatry & Mental Health

Reviewer Guidelines

Peer Review Process

We follow the double-blinded peer review process. In this process, the author's names and affiliations will not be exposed to Editors or Reviewers and authors are also kept blinded from Reviewer information.

Responsibilities

After receiving a manuscript from the Editorial Board Member/ Editorial Office, the Reviewer should respond whether he is considering to review the manuscript or not in a couple of days, based on his expertise. After accepting the manuscript, the reviewer should provide his decisions as below after completing the peer review process to the editorial office.

1. Accepted – If the manuscript is completely relevant and well written
2. Rejected – If the manuscript is irrelevant
3. Need Revision – If any minor corrections to be done for manuscript
   • A reviewer should be transparent and not be biased in his decision.
   • A reviewer should provide his decision within the specified timeline 10 days after accepting the manuscript.
   • A reviewer should respect the confidentiality of the information of the manuscript until it gets published.
   • The final decision in accepting/ rejecting of the manuscript is solely decided by Chief-Editor of the journal.
   • For any conflicts with manuscript/ authors/ editors, he/she should contact the editorial office.
   • We welcome the reviewer’s suggestions to develop the journal.