27 August 2018 | Everly Putrajaya

Peer Review Process

• All submitted full papers will be peer reviewed.

• The acceptance will be granted if the recommendations from the reviewers are positive.

• The criteria are based on the technical contents, clarity and format.

• Authors should make sure the submitted papers use the template for this conference.

• There are three review processes: Initial Review, Peer Review and Recommendation.

 

Initial Review

• The track director evaluates each manuscript in the submission track to determine if its topic and content is suitable for consideration for the colloquium before before being reviewed.

• Manuscripts that do not meet minimum criteria are returned to the authors.

• This is in the best interest of the authors who could then decide to either correct the problems or to submit the manuscript to a more appropriate venue, avoiding delays from a lengthy review process that would nonetheless lead to rejection.

 

Peer Review

• Manuscripts that pass the initial review by the Track Directors, will be sent to several referees based on their expertise.

• Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees.

• The referees are asked to evaluate the manuscript based on its originality, soundness of methodology, impact to design research, and relevance to design practices.

• To facilitate timely publication, referees are asked to complete their reviews and provide individual critiques within two weeks.

• After collecting the referees' reports, the Track Director makes a recommendation on the acceptability of the manuscript.

 

Recommendation

• Based on the referees' comments and recommendation, the Track Director makes a final decision on the acceptability of the manuscript and communicates to the authors the decision, along with referees' reports.

• The status reports to reviewers should identify the reviewers of each paper, the final decision can be "Accept Submission", "Revisions Required", or "Decline Submission". 

• The revised version should be submitted considering the review comments.

 

Plagiarism

• The authors should make sure that the manuscript pass a criterion of maximum 30 percents similarities to other publications.

• Please submit the Similarity Report along with the Full Paper during the paper submission.