The Double-Blind Peer Review Process

1.     Submission of Paper: The corresponding author submits the paper via Dergipark online system to Spormetre The Journal Of Physıcal Educatıon And Sport Scıences https://dergipark.org.tr/login

2.     Editorial Office Assessment: Editorial Office checks the manuscript composition and arrangement against the journal’s Author Guidelines to make sure it includes the required sections and stylizations. The quality of the paper is not assessed at this pre-Review point.

3.     Appraisal by the Editor: Editor checks that the paper is appropriate for the journal and is sufficiently original and interesting. If not, the paper may be rejected without being reviewed any further.

4.     Invitation to Reviewers: The Editor sends invitations to individuals he or she believes would be appropriate reviewers. As responses are received, further invitations are issued, if necessary, until the required number of acceptances is obtained – commonly this is 2.

5.     Response to Invitations: Potential reviewers consider the invitation as anonymous against their own expertise, conflicts of interest and availability. They then accept or decline. If possible, when declining, they might also suggest alternative reviewers.

6.     Review is Conducted: The review shall send to Editor the evaluation form, which shall include the criticism and recommendations after the article has been evaluated (within a maximum of 30 days). If the reviewer wants to re-evaluate manuscript after the major or minor revisions, suggestions and criticisms should be submitted to the authors to be corrected and the revised revisions should be requested. This process continues until accepts or rejects the request for the manuscript.

7.     Journal Evaluates the Reviews: The Editor considers all the returned reviews before making an overall decision. If the reviews differ widely, the editor may invite an additional reviewer so as to get an extra opinion before making a decision.

8.     The Decision is Communicated: The Editor sends a decision email to the author including any relevant reviewer comments as anonymous.

9.     Next Steps: If accepted, the paper is sent to language Editor. After these;

• Copyedit submission

• Layout 

• Corrections 

• Publishing the submissions on the web page as early print

• Creating issues

• Organize Table of Contents

• Publishing the issue on the web page and printing hardcopy