Article Review Process of the Intermedia Internation e-Journal

As of the publication of the January 2024 issue, a process change has been made. All studies, including articles submitted before the relevant date, will be evaluated by the new process.
At first, the Editor-in-Chief is appointed to all the articles submitted to Intermedia International e-Journal. To evaluate the article, the Editor-in-Chief assigns an Assistant Editor and a Field Editor to the article.
In the first step, the Assistant Editor assigned to the article checks whether the requested files have been uploaded correctly and completely during the application. S/he provides feedback to the author to complete missing and/or incorrect files. Authors must complete inadequacies within the time specified in the system. Although the period has expired, articles that have not been edited can be returned.
The articles in which all the files requested at the application stage are completely uploaded are checked by the Editor and the relevant Field Editor for content and quality. At this stage, it is decided whether the articles are suitable for the journal. Articles that are not suitable for the journal in terms of content and quality are returned/rejected by the Editor's decision. The peer-review process is initiated for articles that are suitable for the journal in terms of quality, content, and technique. The process from the application stage to the start of the peer-review process is completed within 2-3 weeks.
The Field Editor assigned to the article to initiate the peer review process recommends to the Editor 3 referees who have previously worked in the relevant field, appropriate to the field and subject of the study. The editor may decide among the suggested referees or choose a different referee who meets the same criteria. The 2 referees decided by the editor are forwarded to the Assistant Editor through the system. The relevant Assistant Editor appoints referees through the system. Besides, the process continues in the same way until the peer review are completed.
During the evaluation process, the referees send the referee evaluation forms, in which they choose one of four different decisions, namely "Minor Revision", "Major Revision", "Acceptance" and "Rejection", to the Editorial team through the system. The Assistant Editor takes charge of Minor Revision and Major Revision decisions; The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for Acceptence and Rejection decisions. At each stage, the Decision Letter is sent to the relevant author via the system. At this stage, the average referee evaluation period of an article is 3-6 weeks. The evaluation period of the referees is 15 days. If referees do not send their evaluation reports within the relevant period, they can request a 7-day extension through the system.
For an article to be published, the evaluations of at least two referees must be given as "Acceptance". If one of the two referees gives a "Rejection" decision, a third referee is applied. Double-blind peer review is carried out in all processes of the journal.
As a result of the referee evaluation, the article that has been decided to be revised is sent to the author again. The time to respond to the invitation sent by the author to make the requested corrections to the article is 7 days. At this stage, the author may reject the correction request and send a request to withdraw the article. The author who accepts the correction invitation within 7 days must upload the corrected version of their work to the system within 15 days from the moment they accept the invitation.
After the revision decision, the revised article edited by the author may be sent to the same referee again by the referee's requests, or it may be accepted/rejected for direct publication. The final decision for the publication of an article belongs to the Editor-in-Chief.
The articles that are decided “Accepted” as a result of the evaluation are sent to the Copy and Language Editor to be prepared for publication. For articles whose copy and language control have been completed, a plagiarism report is received again from the last file. For articles that do not have any plagiarism problems, the Editor-in-Chief accepts the article by sending a Decision Letter from the system.
After the acceptance decision, a Layout Editor is assigned to the article. S/he runs the process together with the author. At this stage, both the author and Page Layout Editor are active in the system. This stage lasts 1-2 weeks.
Author(s) can follow the stage of their articles through the system.
Author(s) have the right to withdraw their articles before the evaluation phase is completed. The withdrawal process must be carried out through the system.