The manuscripts are first evaluated by the Editor/ Associate Editors. At this stage, the journal's purpose, scope and scientific field are checked for suitability. In addition, studies with grammatical (English) and expression rules, scientifically critical errors and studies that do not have original value are returned after a preliminary review. The returned studies are notified to the corresponding author.
Articles that pass the preliminary review are sent to a Section Editor or Co-Editor for the field the study is related to. The assigned Editor/s or Co-Editor/s examine the article in detail. If the article is not deemed appropriate by the Editor/s as a result of the examinations, it is returned to the corresponding author with a report.
Articles are sent to at least 3 Reviewers taking into account their content and fields of science. Blind review is applied in article evaluations in International Jorunral of Thermodynamics. At least 3 expert reviewer reports are taken into consideration for each study. The names of the reviewers who evaluate the work are not disclosed to the authors. Articles sent to reviewers are expected to be evaluated within 30 days. If this period is exceeded, the Editor will remind the reviewer and give an additional 7 days. If a reviewer does not evaluate the article within this period, a new reviewer is assigned to the article.
The evaluation reports from the reviewers are reviewed by the Section Editor/Co-Editor. As a result of this review, the Section Editor/Co-Editor makes the final decisions to “Accept”, “Revision” or “Reject” of the study. Articles that receive positive review reports from the article evaluation are eligible for publication. In articles that are deemed inadequate based on reviewer evaluation reports, a decision for major or minor revision is made. Articles for which revision is requested are submitted to the relevant reviewers for evaluation after the requested corrections are made. If a positive report is given, the study is eligible for publication. If deemed necessary by the Editor/Section Editor/Co-Editor, they may also send the manuscript to reviewers.
As a result of the review, authors are expected to make and answer all questions/requests specified in the reviewer reports.
Authors are given 15 days for correction. If the necessary corrections/edits are not made within this period, the article is returned to the authors.
Accepted articles are sent to Publishing Editor/s and the necessary edits are requested for the final version.
