Peer Review Process

  We are committed to prompt evaluation and publication of fully accepted papers in International Journal of Engineering and Collaborative Learning (IJECL). To maintain a high-quality publication, all submissions under a rigorous review process. Characteristics of the peer review process are as follows:

1. Simultaneous submissions of the same manuscript to different journals will not be tolerated.
2. Manuscripts with contents outside the scope will not be considered for review.
3. Papers will be refereed by reviewers and editorial board.
4. In addition, Editors will have the option of seeking additional reviews when needed. Authors will be informed when Editors decide further review is required.
5. All publication decisions are made by the journal's Editors-in-Chief on the basis of the referees' reports. Authors of papers that are not accepted are notified promptly.
6. All submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential documents. We expect our Board of Reviewing Editors and reviewers to treat manuscripts as confidential material as well.
7. Editors and reviewers involved in the review process should disclose conflicts of interest resulting from direct competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, and remove oneself from cases in which such conflicts preclude an objective evaluation. Privileged information or ideas that are obtained through peer review must not be used for competitive gain.
8. All reviewing process are in double blind peer review. This means that the reviewers of the paper won’t get to know the identity of the author(s), and the author(s) won’t get to know the identity of the reviewer.

Publication Frequency

  Publication Frequency: The journal is published two times a year in April and October.

Open Access Policy

  This journal is an open access journal which provides immediate, worldwide, barrier-free access to the full text of all published articles without charge readers or their institutions for access. Readers have right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles in International Journal of Engineering and Collaborative Learning (IJECL). This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.