Peer Review Process

Registration on this website does not confer appointment as a reviewer. Reviewers are selected and formally appointed by the editorial office only after verification of their identity, relevant subject-matter expertise, qualifications, experience and potential conflicts of interest. Reviewers are assigned exclusively to manuscripts within their demonstrated areas of competence. Expressions of interest in reviewing do not guarantee appointment or access to submitted manuscripts.

Truth in Research uses double-anonymous peer review wherever possible. Each research paper is reviewed by at least two reviewers, and the editor makes the final decision. More importantly, reviewers were chosen for their technical expertise, not because of worldviews. A paper on isotope geochemistry is reviewed by isotope geochemists; a paper on genetics by geneticists. Whether they’re Christians, atheists or anything else will not be the deciding criterion. That’s what gives peer review its credibility. News items, shorter articles, and book reviews receive a single editorial review.

The workflow is as follows:

  1. Submission received.

  2. Initial editorial screening: is it in scope, properly formatted, and serious?

  3. Plagiarism and basic quality check.

  4. Sent to two reviewers.

  5. Reviewer recommendations: accept, minor revision, major revision, or reject.

  6. Author revision.

  7. Final editor decision.

  8. Copyediting and formatting. Truth in Research is an open-access journal. Authors retain copyright. Unless otherwise indicated in an individual article's license information, published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

  9. Publication.

Approximate timelines vary with the length of the paper, article, book, or review:

  • Initial editorial decision: within 7 to 14 days.

  • Peer-review decision: within 6 to 8 weeks.

  • Final decision after revision: within 2 to 4 weeks after resubmission.

 

Publisher Contact

Publisher: Jeremy Tan

Quezon City, National Capital Region (NCR), Philippines

+63 976 420 6470

editor@truthinresearch.pw