Review Process

Review Process

Pacific Rim International Journal of Nursing Research:

 The corresponding author is notified upon receipt of a manuscript. No guarantee of manuscript acceptance at the journal submission stage is given. Each manuscript is checked for plagiarism and reviewed by the Editorial Team within one week. If of a sufficient standard, it is sent for blinded peer review by at least two expert reviewers from different countries. The reviewers are requested to use our standard review form to ensure that a manuscript is comprehensively reviewed.

Initial reviews are usually accomplished within three to eight weeks after manuscript submission. Reviewers’ comments are considered by the Editor–in–Chief or Editor, who then writes to the corresponding author with their decision within one to two weeks. (Accepted or publishable as is; needing Minor Revision or Major Revision; or Rejection), gives suggestions for change and a deadline for resubmission. Most manuscripts require revision before acceptance. The final revised manuscript will be again checked against plagiarism, and if it meets the standard, the corresponding author will be notified of acceptance by the Editor-in-Chief. The length of the full review process depends on the quality of a manuscript, the availability of reviewers, the timeliness of resubmissions, and whether authors have adhered to ALL of the Instructions for Authors. This can vary from three to six months. All authors, especially graduate students, are warned that the Editors cannot accept and approve requests for fast-track reviews.