Peer Review Process

The time taken to review a submission varies, but the journal aims to complete peer reviews within six months. Further guidance on review criteria is detailed under the Editorial and Peer Review Guidelines.

The IJDC operates a double-blind peer-review process for submissions sent for review in the Research Paper and General Article categories, i.e. reviewers are not made aware of the identities of authors and vice versa.  However a single-blind process applies to IDCC Conference Papers submitted for further review in these categories.  Conference Papers, having already been subject to peer review of an extended abstract, undergo only editorial review. Brief Reports currently undergo editorial review for compliance with the journal’s ‘focus and scope’ as described above,  and with the editorial guidelines applicable to them. We intend to extend peer review to this section in future issues