reviewing process
On receipt of the submission, the editors will check
that: - The submission complies with the journal's editorial policy, and
more specifically that it falls within the field of management sciences. -
The manuscript is anonymous. This means that the names of the authors should
not be given in the manuscript, and that authors should avoid providing
information that could identify them, for example through abusive
self-citations. Authors must also ensure that the properties of the electronic
document submitted do not allow the authors to be identified. - The
manuscript is original, i.e. that the proposed article has not already been
published in a journal or book, in French or another language. The manuscript
must not be submitted at the same time to another journal. Each author must
complete and sign an exclusivity form. If plagiarism is suspected, the
manuscript is submitted to anti-plagiarism software by the journal's Editorial
Committee. At this stage, the editors can ask authors to
resubmit the manuscript if necessary. They may also reject the manuscript if
it does not conform to the editorial line, as part of a "desk reject" procedure.
As soon as the submission meets these conditions, the
editors appoint two referees, chosen for their scientific expertise. The
reviewers assess the manuscript anonymously. If the reviewers identify strong
similarities with existing articles, they will inform the editors-in-chief.
The reviewers will point out any significant publication related to the
article that has not yet been cited. The reviewers may ask the authors to
provide the raw data used for the research. If there is a discrepancy
between the two reports submitted by the reviewers, a third reviewer is
appointed to help the editors make an editorial decision. At the end of
each round of reviewing, the editors-in-chief inform the authors of the
editorial decision, and indicate the follow-up to the review, rejection or
continuation process. If necessary, the editors will specify the extent of any
changes required. The revised version must be accompanied by a separate
document in which the authors indicate that the requested changes have been
taken into account.
Once the article has been accepted, the authors send a
finalised Word version to the publisher, together with their surnames, first
names, institutions and a biographical note of around 5 lines. In the case of
a paper written by more than one author, the order of surnames is defined by
the authors.
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