Peer Review Process

Maneser: Journal of Religio-Spiritual Studies implements a rigorous peer‐review system to ensure that all published manuscripts meet academic, methodological, ethical, and scholarly standards.

1. Initial Editorial Screening

  • Each submitted manuscript is assessed by the editorial team to ensure relevance to the journal scope, formatting compliance, academic quality, and ethical eligibility.

  • Manuscripts not meeting basic criteria may be returned to authors for revision or rejected at this stage.

2. Double‐Blind Peer Review

  • Each eligible manuscript is assigned to two expert reviewers.

  • Author identities are concealed from reviewers, and reviewer identities are concealed from authors.

  • Reviewers evaluate the manuscript based on originality, clarity, methodological rigor, analysis, novelty, scholarly contribution, ethical considerations, and literature relevance.

3. Review Recommendations

Reviewers may recommend:

  • Accept without revision

  • Accept with minor revision

  • Major revision and resubmission

  • Reject

4. Revision Stage

  • Authors are expected to revise their manuscript according to reviewers’ comments.

  • Authors must provide a response document explaining each revision.

  • Revised manuscripts are rechecked by the editorial board and/or reviewers before a final decision.

5. Final Decision

Final publication decisions are made by the Editor‐in‐Chief based on:

  • Reviewer recommendations

  • Editorial judgment

  • Quality of revisions

6. Checking Similarity and Ethical Compliance

Before publication, manuscripts undergo:

  • Plagiarism screening

  • Reference verification

  • Ethical compliance review

7. Publication

Once accepted, manuscripts are processed through copyediting, layout editing, and online publication.

The entire review process typically takes one to two months, depending on reviewer availability and revision time.