Peer -Review Process

PEER REVIEW AND EDITORIAL PROCESS

The Jordan Journal of Economic Sciences (JJES) follows a rigorous, multi-stage peer review and editorial process to ensure the quality, integrity, and originality of all published content. The editorial and review procedures apply to both regular submissions and special issues.

  1. Submission and Initial Screening:
    • Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere. A signed declaration confirming this must accompany all submissions (a scanned copy is acceptable by email).
    • Submissions are made via the journal’s online platform and must adhere to the Author Guidelines.
    • The Editorial Office performs an initial screening to verify compliance with formatting and submission requirements; content quality is not yet assessed at this stage.
  1. Editor-in-Chief Evaluation
  • The Editor-in-Chief (EIC) evaluates whether the manuscript fits the journal's aims and scope and meets basic standards of originality and relevance.
  • Manuscripts that fail to meet these criteria may be desk rejected without external review.
  1. Assignment to Associate Editor
    • Manuscripts deemed suitable are assigned to an Associate, who manages the peer review process
  1. Double-Blind Peer Review
  • JJES operates a double-blind peer review process – the identify of both authors and reviewers are concealed.
  • Typically, two independent reviewers evaluate the manuscript based on academic originality, theoretical or empirical contribution, methodological soundness, clarity, ethical compliance, and overall presentation.
  • Reviewers provide a detailed report and a formal recommendation.
  1. Editorial Assessment and Decision
  • The Associate Editor evaluates the reviewers' comments and recommends a decision to the EIC, who makes the final determination.
  • If reviewer feedback is significantly divergent, an additional expert may be consulted.
  • Authors are informed of the decision along with anonymized reviewer feedback.
  • In the case of minor or major revisions, authors are expected to address all comments thoroughly. Revised manuscripts are sent back to the original reviewers.
  1. Final Acceptance and Production
    • Accepted manuscripts are copy-edited and prepared for publication.
    • The journal reserves the right to make minor editorial and stylistic revisions before publication.
    • Final versions are archived in the University of Jordan’s institutional repository; access is subject to university database policies.
  1. Withdrawal and Ethical Policies
    • Authors who wish to withdraw a manuscript after peer review has commenced may be required to reimburse JJES for the cost of the review process.
    • The opinions expressed in published articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Jordan or the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
  1. Editor Conflicts of Interest
    • To ensure editorial integrity:
      1. Editors do not make decisions on manuscripts they have authored, co-authored, or where there is a personal, academic, or financial conflict of interest.
      2. Such manuscripts will be handled independently by another editor, following the journal’s standard peer review process.
  1. Special Issues and Article Collections
    • Submissions to special issues follow the same peer review process as regular submissions.
    • Guest Editors may manage the review process and recommend editorial decisions; however, the journal editor retains final responsibility for all acceptance or rejection decisions.
    • The editorial team ensures that all special issue submissions adhere to the highest standards of peer review, ethics, and editorial oversight.

 

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

 

The Jordan Journal of Economic Sciences (JJES) is committed to the principle of open and equitable access to knowledge. All articles published in the journal are made immediately and freely available to the public (Gold Open Access) without subscription or access fees, and are assigned a DOI number. This approach ensures that research findings are accessible to a global audience, fostering broader dissemination, visibility, and impact of scholarly work.