Journal of Gorgan University of Medical Sciences- Peer-Review Peer review Clear images and colors Peer Review Process  All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Gorgan University of Medical Sciences (J Gorgan Univ Med Sci) will receive an ID and undergo editorial and double-blind peer-review processes, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. The steps of the review process are presented in the following table. Manuscript submission The author(s) can submit manuscripts through the online system according to the Instructions for authors. Editorial office assessment Primarily, the editorial board will check all manuscripts submitted in terms of relevance to the scopes of the journal, the manuscript format and originality, and plagiarism. The plagiarism of the manuscript will be checked by Google Scholar before proceeding for the scientific and methodological review steps. Editorial office assessment result A) Editorial fast rejection: the manuscripts with subjects not included in the aims of the journal. B) Editorial approval: Satisfactory manuscripts will be approved by the editor-in-chief. The originality and novelty of the manuscript will be considered in this step. C) Editorial revision required. Editorial revision by the author All the manuscripts requiring editorial revision will be sent back to the authors for corrections. It will include the manuscript format and illustrations resolution. Reviewer assignment Based on the subject and keywords of the manuscript, at least three reviewers will be assigned by the scientific editors under the supervision of the editor-in-chief. Peer review process The manuscript will be reviewed by two or more scientific reviewers and one mythology reviewer. The review process will be double-blind and the reviewers’ comments will be sent to the corresponding author in less than ten weeks. Decision The final decision will be made regarding the comments of the reviewers. The results include accept, minor revision, major revision or reject. Revision by authors The manuscript requiring minor or major revisions will be sent back to the author with the decision letter. In the case of revision, all the reviewer's comments should be addressed and revised accordingly. The author is requested to send the corrected manuscript and the tracked format to the editorial office. All the revisions should be listed in the cover letter in detail. Assessment of revised version All the revisions should be approved by the reviews and scientific editors. All the reviewer's comments should be addressed and revised accordingly. Then, the paper will go for the final production and publication. Final acceptance and paper production Manuscripts with grammatical errors or poor Persian and English writing will undergo language editing free of charge.   Topic URL in Journal of Gorgan University of Medical Sciences website: http://goums.ac.ir/journal/find-1.137.106.en.html Back to content primary page