Peer Review Policy
Translation and Interpreting Research is dedicated to implementing double-blind peer reviewing process, in accordance with the COPE's Code of Conduct and Best Practices. Additionally, the journal adheres to the codes and principles of publication conduct outlined in the document titled Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing released earlier and updated 15 September 2022 by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).
Peer Review Process
The decision to publish a paper is based on an in-house editorial assessment and an external double-blind peer review process. Initially all papers are assessed by the director-in-charge. The primary purpose is to decide whether to send a paper for external peer review and to give a rapid decision on those that are not. Papers not meeting basic standards (for example, because of irrelevance to the discipline, or not observing the journal guidelines) may be rejected at this point in order to avoid delays to authors who may wish to seek their publications elsewhere. Occasionally a paper will be returned to the author(s) with requests for revisions in order to assist the director-in-charge in deciding whether or not to send it for peer review. Authors can expect a decision from this stage of the review process within 10 days of submission.
Manuscripts going forward to the review process are reviewed by members of an external expert panel. All such papers will undergo a double-blind peer review by 2 reviewers, under the supervision of the journal's Editor-in-Chief. We take every reasonable step to ensure author identity is concealed during the review process but it is up to authors to ensure that their details of prior publications or any other information do not reveal their identity.
We aim to complete the review process within 12 weeks of the decision to review although occasionally delays do happen and authors should allow at least six weeks from submission before contacting the journal. The editor-in-chief reserves the right to the final decision regarding acceptance.
The following flowgram shows our peer review process.
Misconduct and Retraction
The publisher and the editor-in-chief of Translation and Interpreting Research are committed to taking the necessary measures to recognize and stop the publication of papers where research misconduct, such as plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification or fabrication, has occurred. They will never encourage or enable such misconduct. If an allegation of research misconduct related to a published article in the journal arises, the publisher or the editor-in-chief will adhere to the guidelines set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in addressing the issue.