An e-mail message or letter will acknowledge manuscript receipt. If accepted for blind review, the manuscript will be sent to, at least, two readers: Typically, one has broad general knowledge of the field, and one has expertise in the particular topic or methodology. Within three months, authors can expect to receive one of four decisions: (a) manuscript acceptance, (b) acceptance with revision, (c) nonacceptance with an invitation for revision and resubmission for another round of review, or (d) nonacceptance and recommendation for submission to a different publication. Reviewers aim to provide authors with helpful feedback for manuscript revision and future manuscript preparation. Manuscripts that fail to follow submission guidelines will not be reviewed.

All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies (JALS) undergo an external single-blind peer review process to ensure the quality of their research methodology, reasoning and report writing.

The journal is committed to the highest standards of peer review. Therefore, the editors read the manuscript after the author or authors submit it online.

The manuscript will be sent to at least two external reviewers, and their response is expected within two to four weeks.

The corresponding author will be notified and receive all communications regarding the progress of the peer review process. 

Manuscripts can be accepted or rejected with minor or major revisions. For that latter, the authors should consider all the suggestions of the reviewers and editorials and make revisions or provide rationale.