Ethics And Peer-Review Policy

Peer review helps to uphold the academic credibility of a journal. To ensure good quality publication in Arthavaan all submissions are reviewed as per the following peer-review policy:

• All manuscripts submitted are reviewed by independent researchers for originality, validity and importance to help our editors determine if a manuscript is suitable for publication in the journal.
• We utilise a double-blind peer-review system, in which reviewers are unaware of the names and affiliations of the authors.
• Whenever possible, reviewers are matched to the paper according to their area of expertise.
• A final decision to accept or reject the manuscript will be sent to the author along with any recommendations made by the reviewers, and may include verbatim comments by the reviewers.
• The editors will establish their decision based on Reviewers’ report which would be final.
• We aim to provide authors with first decision (of accept, reject or revisions required whether minor or major) within 4 weeks.

Ethics policy

We expect all prospective authors and reviewers to read and understand Ethics Policy before submitting/reviewing any manuscripts.