Editorial Workflow
The entire editorial workflow is performed using the Open Journal Systems (OJS). The editorial workflow gives the Editors the authority to reject any manuscript for the inappropriateness of its subject, poor quality, or incorrect results. The Editor cannot assign himself/ herself as an external reviewer of the manuscript. This is to ensure a high-quality, fair, and unbiased peer-review process for every manuscript submitted to the journal, since each manuscript must be recommended by two or more external reviewers, along with the Editor in charge of the manuscript, for acceptance for publication.
Erudita: Journal of English Language Teaching received more submissions than it could issue. Editors can reject manuscripts without a peer-review process if the manuscript is judged not to meet the minimum required journal qualifications. All manuscripts submitted to this journal must follow the focus and scope and author guidelines of this journal. To be published in Erudita: Journal of English Language Teaching, a manuscript should meet seven (7) general criteria:
- The manuscript is the work of the original author;
- Conformity between methodologies and research topics;
- Novelty (we do not consider meeting report abstracts and preprints on community servers to compromise novelty);
- Has a good analysis;
- Provides strong evidence for its conclusions;
- Of extreme importance to scientists in the specific field;
- Ideally, interesting to researchers in other related disciplines.
In general, to be acceptable, a manuscript should represent an advance in understanding likely to influence thinking in the field. There should be a discernible reason why the work deserves the visibility of publication in Erudita: Journal of English Language Teaching.
The following is the Editorial Workflow that every manuscript submitted to the journal undergoes during the peer-review process.
- Erudita: Journal of English Language Teaching relies on the peer-review process to uphold the quality and validity of published articles. All manuscripts submitted to Erudita: Journal of English Language Teaching will be peer-reviewed. Erudita: Journal of English Language Teaching adheres to a Double-Blind Peer-Review process that is rapid and fair, ensuring the high quality of the articles published. This statement is based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.
- One editor will usually take each manuscript from start to finish. The editor determines whether the manuscript fits the journal’s focus and scope. Next, a similarity check is performed using CrossCheck, powered by iThenticate and Turnitin. Any manuscripts out of the journal’s scope or containing plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, are rejected.
- The editors read all newly submitted manuscripts within 7–21 working days, possibly longer due to long queues. The papers may be returned to the authors by the editors before review if judged to be out of scope, containing plagiarism, out of the limits of the word length guidance, or not sufficiently prepared for publication.
- If your manuscript is potentially suitable for Erudita: Journal of English Language Teaching, the editor will send it to peer reviewers. Erudita: Journal of English Language Teaching uses a double-blind system for peer review; both reviewers' and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts. The review process may take 2-4 months. The reviewers will then submit their reports on the manuscript along with their recommendation of one of the following actions to the editor:
a. Accept Submission;
b. Revisions Required;
c. Resubmit for Review;
d. Resubmit Elsewhere;
e. Decline Submission. - The final result of the manuscript review will be sent to the authors. If a revision is necessary, the author is asked to resubmit the revised manuscript, incorporating the peer reviewer's suggestions and recommendations. Notification of the result of the review is sent by e-mail and to the author's journal account.
- To facilitate rapid publication, authors are given a maximum of 6 (six) weeks for revision from the date of notice, and our system will send reminders every two weeks to the author. After six weeks, manuscripts will not be revised usually be stopped from processing and removed from the system.
- Manuscripts that have been accepted for publication will be sent to the copyeditor for the copyediting process. Copyediting is the editing process of manuscripts submitted to improve the grammar and clarity of the writing. The copyeditor, in collaboration with the author, ensures everything is in place, ensures compliance with the journal's bibliography and textual style, and produces edited copies for submission to the Layout Editor. Then, Layout Editors perform a layout process to convert it into a "galley" file in PDF or HTML format, which will appear in the journal publication format.
- Before being sent to the publication section, the manuscript (galley file format) will be sent to the proofreader to be read, corrected, and reviewed for writing errors, including the manuscript's writing format, which was prepared with the author. Typographic and format errors will be corrected by the Layout Editor. Finally, the manuscript will be sent to the Publication Editor to determine the publication schedule and DOI, update the website page, and update the metadata.
The decision on acceptance for publication, amendment, or rejection will be made by the editors based on the reviewers' comments or recommendations. In certain cases, if needed, the editor may send the manuscript to another reviewer for review (Second Round) before making a decision. Publication of accepted manuscripts, including the sequence of published manuscripts, will be made by the Editor-in-Chief by considering the sequence of accepted dates and geographical distribution of authors as well as thematic issues. It normally takes about 7 months to 1 year from submission to publication, with an average of 6 months.
