Amity Journal of Agribusiness (AJAB) adheres to an accelerated and rigorous double-blind review policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author is concealed from each other. Each manuscript is reviewed by four referees. All manuscripts are reviewed as soon as possible and an editorial decision is generally reached within 8-10 weeks of submission.
The submitted manuscripts will be assessed by reviewers with domain knowledge of the submission’s main research area, and minimum one reviewer who comes from a discipline outside the author’s own field.
All manuscripts are assessed initially by the Editors and only those papers will be sent for outside review that meet the methodological and editorial standards of the journal and fit within the aims and scope of the journal. Papers rejected prior to outside review may be resubmitted accompanied by a letter detailing how the initial reasons for rejection have been overcome.
The reviewers' recommendations determine whether an article will be
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Accepted
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Accepted subject to minor changes
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Accepted subject to resubmission with significant changes
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Rejected.
For articles which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised article is acceptable.
Multiple Authors: In case of multiple authors, the "corresponding author" will be responsible for the collection and provision of the copyright form from each author after acceptance.
REVIEW PROCESS GUIDELINES
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On receipt of the manuscript, the basic structure of the paper will be checked, as per the framework of the journal.
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The Editor-in-Chief/Editor will check for Plagiarism. A zero tolerance policy for plagiarism is adopted.
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If the Editor-in-Chief/Editor is not satisfied with the above two points, manuscript may be returned.
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If Editor-in-Chief/Editor is satisfied with the above criteria, manuscript will be accepted for peer review and will be sent to 2 reviewers (Reviewer 1 & 2) as per the area of the manuscript. Manuscript will be sent to another reviewer (Reviewer 3: English faculty) who will check the grammatical part of the manuscript. All the manuscripts will be definitely sent to Reviewer 3. If Reviewers 1 & 2 give similar comments (positive or negative), than the manuscript will not go to the Reviewer 4.
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But when Reviewers 1 & 2 give opposite comments, than manuscript will be sent to Reviewer 4.
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Based on the comments of the Reviewer 1, 2, 3 & 4, manuscript will be rejected or moved to the next stage.
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Based on the comments of the Reviewers, author(s) will be asked to revise the manuscript.
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Revised manuscript will be sent to the same reviewers who had earlier reviewed it.
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Based on their comments, manuscript will be either rejected or accepted for publication.
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Once accepted for publication, Editorial Board may decide the publication of the manuscript in a specific issue.