In summary, all manuscripts submitted for publication in our journals undergo strict and comprehensive peer-review. The review process is single blind. If the manuscript is deemed appropriate for full review, it will be reviewed by a minimum of two external reviewers.
The submitted manuscripts shall be subjected to a thorough initial check, including a Plagiarism Check conducted within the Editorial Office. Leading the peer-review process shall be an Editor – usually the Editor-in-Chief or a board member of the journal, working alongside the Editorial Office. It starts with a Preliminary Review by the Editor (which is completed no later than 10 days after the manuscript submission).
Upon acceptance for full review, the Editor will collect a minimum of two review comments and prepare a decision letter based on the comments of the reviewers (to be completed within four weeks after the preliminary review). The decision letter is then forwarded to the Corresponding Author requesting an appropriate manuscript revision (to be peer-reviewed again, if necessary). The author shall subsequently receive a request to format the manuscript according to SCIRP’s template before proceeding into the typesetting and proofreading stage with the publisher. Prior to the online publication of the manuscript, the author will receive a PDF copy produced by SCIRP for checking.
Flowchart of the peer-review process
Guidelines for peer-reviewers
SCIRP Review Form
Join SCIRP's Peer-Review Program!
SCIRP is globally recognized as one of the largest academic Open Access publishers. Our multi-disciplinary journals require all manuscript submissions to undergo rigorous peer-review. Our esteemed reviewers take part in the evaluation of all manuscripts submitted to our journals. Based on the reviewer's comments, the Handling Editor, usually the Editor-in-Chief, is subsequently making a final decision concerning the manuscript's required improvement. We, at SCIRP, cordially invite you to participate in our peer-review program. Through your participation, you will support authors from around the world by supplying your valuable expertise via ideas and suggestions.
If you are interested in volunteering, kindly forward your Curriculum Vitae to service@scirp.org with the email subject titled 'Peer-Reviewer Application'. The procedures can be outlined as follows:
(1) Send us your CV;
(2) Become a peer-reviewer;
(3) Receive manuscripts from us, review the manuscripts, and send back your comments within 5 days.
The list of Guest Reviewers can be searched by name or research field(s).
Piacherski Valery
Department of anesthesiology and intensive care, Mogilev Regional Hospital, Mogilev, Belarus
Research Fields: Regional anesthesia, peripheral blockade, ultrasonic control, small doses of local anesthetics, local anesthetics, local anesthetics mixture, the efficiency of peripheral blockades
Marleen van Rijswick
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Research Fields: Water Law; Environmental law; Climate Change law
Ricardo de Lima Vasconcelos
Department of Rural Engineering
State University of S?o Paulo/FCA (UNESP), Brazil
Research Fields: Plant Nutrition, Soil Fertility, Use of waste in Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Tropical Crops
Dr. Subramanyan Vasudevan
Electro Inorganic Chemicals Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India
Research Fields: electrochemical water treatment, hydrogen generation by water electrolysis, synthesis of electro-inorganic chemicals, electrochemical waste management, electro-catalysis, magnesium batteries.
DHANASHREE VEDPATHAK
Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research (NIBR), India
Research Fields: cell culture media optimization;cell line development;cell culture process development at industrialsetting
Bharat Somireddy Venkata
Department of chemistry, Northwestern University, Uruguay
Research Fields: Structures of proteins which are involved in various cellular pathways of the cell. The proteins that I worked in my curriculum are involved in human cataract formation, fatty acid biosynthesis pathways, signal transduction and electron transfer pathways.
Valentina Viego
Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Research Fields: Transport economics, Applied econometrics, Social Policy
Gary Zhe Wang
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA
Research Fields: Molecular biology; Biochemistry; Retroviruses; Epigenetics; Gene expression; Internal medicine
Xiaoyun Wang
University of Chicago, USA
Research Fields: tRNA biology
Kenneth Warring-Davies
University of Huddersfield, UK
Research Fields: Public health