Review Process
Peer Review Process
BASA Journal of Language & Literature operates a peer review process and promotes double-blind reviewing. BASA Journal of Language & Literature receives many more submissions than can be published. It will be reviewed by some expert of language and literature from several universities in different countries. Manuscript submitted to this journal should meet the general criteria:
- provides strong evidence for its conclusions
- should be a research result or literature studies in language and literature field
- ideally, interesting to researchers in language and literature field and other related disciplines.
- It must fulfill scientific merit and novelty or new contribution to knowledge to the focus and scope of this study
- written in English or Arabic language
- follow the Focus & Scope and Author Guidelines
The paper submitted in the journal must be original, unpublished work, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Every paper submitted will be scanned for plagiarism before it is sent to the reviewer (maximum similarity 15%).
Manuscripts are scrutinized for structure, organization, correctness, and clarity of language and compliance with the Author Guidelines. Typographical, grammatical, content clarity and format compliance of manuscripts are the author's responsibility(s). Manuscripts not meeting these conditions will be returned to the authors.
When a manuscript has passed the editorial office review process, it is subjected to a double-blind review system. At least two external reviewers are chosen from the database of this journal, the journal's editorial board, or other sources. These reviewers are subject matter experts in the field. Invitations to review are sent to the reviewers with attached abstracts. A double-blind peer review technique is used by this journal, an anonymous peer review system in which the identity of the manuscript's author(s) is kept hidden from the reviewers. Before a manuscript is given to a reviewer, details that could reveal to a reviewer of author(s)'s identity in the manuscript would be erased. When sending the reviewers' comments to the author(s), the reviewers' identities are likewise hidden from the author(s). Because it limits possible bias from either the selected reviewers or the authors, this journal deems the double-blind peer system a more effective review system.
Reviewers are expected to assess the manuscripts and provide helpful feedback so that the author(s) can improve the quality of the manuscript. The manuscript is also judged on its originality, contribution, technical excellence, presentation clarity, and research depth. Finally, reviewers provide one of the following recommendations:
- Accept "as it is"
- Requires minor corrections
- Requires major revisions
- Reject. In this case, the reviewer provides the specific reason(s) why the manuscript is not further processed.
In general, to be acceptable, a paper should represent an advance in understanding likely to influence thinking in the field. There should be a discernible reason why the work deserves the visibility of publication in LiNGUA Journal rather than the best of the specialist journals.
The final decision of manuscript acceptance is solely made by Editor in Chief and/or Associate Editor (together with Editorial Board, if required) according to reviewers' critical comments. Publication of accepted articles including assigning the article to the published issues will be made by Editor in Chief by considering the sequence of accepted date and geographical distribution of authors as well as a thematic issue.
