Peer Review Process

JIEK will only publish papers that strictly follow the JIEK guidelines and manuscript preparation. Those papers are read by editorial members (upon field of specialization) and will be screened by Managing Editor to meet necessary criteria of JIEK publication. Manuscripts will be sent to two peer-reviewers based on their historical experience in reviewing manuscript or based on their field of specialization. JIEK has reviewing forms in order to keep same items reviewed by two reviewers. Then editorial board will make a decision upon the reviewers’ comments or advice. Reviewers will give their assessment on originality, clarity of presentation, contribution to the field/science, JIEK makes one of four kinds of decisions:

• Accepted, as it is
• Accepted by Minor Revisions (authors revise within the stipulated time)
• Accepted by Major Revisions (authors revise within the stipulated time)
• Declined (generally, on grounds of outside of scope and aim, major technical description problems, lack of clarity of presentation)

For checking Plagiarism, JIEK Editorial Board will screen plagiarism using Turnitin/iThenticate with a maximum similarity of 30%. If plagiarism is indicated, editorial board will reject manuscript immediately.

Before publishing, it is required to obtain written confirmation from authors in order to acquire copyrights for papers published in the journal. Authors must sign the Cover Letter and Copyright Transfer Agreement form as follows: The undersigned hereby transfer any and all rights in and to the paper including without limitation all copyrights to JIEK. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the paper is original and that he/she is the author of the paper, except for material that is clearly identified as to its original source, with permission notices from the copyright owners where required. The undersigned represents that he/she has the power and authority to make and execute this assignment. This agreement is to be signed by at least one of the authors who have obtained the assent of the co-author(s) where applicable.