Papers submitted to the journal are referred to as "manuscripts" until they are accepted and published online.
There is a possibility that some emails sent from the official Triple R email address (journal@sbmu.ac.ir) may be filtered as spam, or some emails may not reach the authors due to technical issues. Therefore, the authors are highly encouraged to log in to their Triple R account and regularly check the status of their submitted manuscripts.
As part of the Triple R journal’s reviewing process, the following steps are taken:
Each submitted manuscript on the journal’s site is evaluated and qualified by the editorial team and copy editor based on these criteria: (before an initial decision is made)
A clear correlation between the title and the context of the manuscript with the aims and scope of the Triple R journal.
Compliance of the content of the manuscript and the method of study with the principles of research and publication ethics.
Using updated data in the content.
Incorporating novelty in the research.
Make valuable contributions to a specific scientific field.
Correct sequence of all authors in the Word document, along with their email addresses and ORCID numbers (ORCID is optional), which must be identical to the uploaded information by the corresponding author on the Triple R website.
A restricted and precise adaptation of all the writing principles as well as their compliance with the authors’ guidelines of the Triple R journal.
Ensure that the manuscript is plagiarism-free
Including a careful review of the mentioned points, the editorial's first decision will take a maximum of one week to be made.
Manuscripts that have serious flaws and fail to meet the standards of the Triple R journal, will be rejected, and the authors will immediately be notified of the first decision of the editorial team.
If the manuscript requires some changes and modifications, it will be sent back to the authors for resubmitting their revised manuscript.
When a manuscript passes the initial evaluation process, the confidential double-blind peer-review process will begin. Manuscripts will be sent to at least two reviewers with expertise in the respective field of the manuscript, and one reviewer for statistical aspects and research methodology evaluations. It may take up to two weeks for the peer-review process to be completed.
The reviewers’ comments recorded on the website, which adhere to specific guidelines will be assessed by the editorial team and then compiled and uploaded to the authors’ panel to be revised by the corresponding author. The corresponding author will be asked to submit their revisions within a maximum of two weeks.
In cases of further required evaluations, the authors’ resubmitted manuscripts and answers to the reviewers will be sent to reviewers to make their decision within a maximum of two weeks. If needed, the authors will have another week to answer the reviewers’ second round of review.
Finally, the editorial team will make a decision regarding the acceptance/rejection of the manuscript by a maximum of one week.
Upon acceptance of the manuscript, the letter of acceptance will be sent to the authors. The reviewers’ comments will be included in the rejection letter for the authors once the manuscript has been rejected.
The accepted manuscript will be sent to the copy editor and language editor. This process will take up to 30 days to be completed.
The galley-proof version of the manuscript will be sent to the authors. Following the completion of all necessary changes and modifications to the manuscript, the corresponding author will be requested to sign each page electronically. An updated version of the manuscript will be sent to the corresponding author if any errors are found.
The final version of the manuscript will be published on the Triple R website within a maximum of one week.
* The whole process of submission from the submission to the final decision (accept/reject) will take approximately six weeks to complete.