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Deadlines and Timetable
Deadlines and Timetable
The JDS reviewing process aims to provide the highest quality reviews as timely as possible.
To achieve high quality, several non-typical steps are part of our timeline such as working on improving reviews in terms of how constructive they are and checking them against our reviewing guidelines before releasing them to authors. The authors subsequently get the chance to rebuttal.
To achieve a timely response, the whole editorial board works on a fixed schedule, anticipating paper submissions on specific deadlines and working on every step of the process timeline within specific time windows.
From the moment of submission, authors will receive their first response of high-quality reviews within three months.
Paper Deadlines
The JDS paper deadlines are as follows:
- Original Submissions: January 15, May 15, and September 15
- Revision Submissions: February 1st, April 1st, June 1st, August 1st, October 1st, December 1st
Processing Original Submissions
Assign papers to Senior Editors
1 week
Senior Editor Decisions
2 weeks
Send Reject/Accept to review notifications
Assign papers to Associate Editors
1 week
Assign papers to Reviewers
2 weeks
Reviews Ready
6 weeks
Improve Review Quality
2 weeks
Author Notifications to Inspect Reviews
Author feedback ready
1 week
Reviewer see all reviews and author feedback
Reviewer/Associate Editor discussions
2 weeks
Send final decisions and detailed revisions requests
2 weeks
Processing Revision Submissions
Authors prepare paper revisions
As much time as needed
Authors submit revision
Reviews ready
4 weeks
Reviewers/Associate Editor Discussions
2 weeks
Final Decisions Preparation
Author Notifications
2 weeks
Publishing Papers
Authors Receive Publication Instructions
Website updates for core paper info
(papers coming up)
Immediately after accept notification
Authors Prepare final paper version
1st of any month
Checking and working on possible formatting errors
2 weeks
Publicity/website
2 weeks