Peer Review Process

All the submitted articles will be reviewed by "Double-Blind Peer Review" in which the selected reviewers are unaware of the identity of the authors, and authors are also unaware of the identity of reviewers. There are at least seven or more reviewers for the total number of articles in each issue.

A manuscript submitted to Trends in Phytochemical Research undergoes the following process:

  • The manuscript is received via the journal’s online submission system.
  • An initial assessment is carried out by the editorial board, which involves the preliminary evaluation of the manuscript in terms of its composition as per the style, format, and preparation instructions provided in the journal’s Submission Guidelines.
  • The submitted manuscript is then reviewed by at least two members of the editorial board in terms of its quality.
  • The manuscript is sent to at least two external reviewers who are experts in the related field of study.
  • Following the reviewer assignment, peer review process will take an average of three months.
  • An Editor-in-chief decision letter will be emailed to the corresponding author with the following range of possible outcomes: Rejection, major revision, minor revision, or acceptance without revision.