Manuscript submission

The corresponding author submits the manuscript to the Journal via the online system at the website: ctujs.ctu.edu.vn. The author is not encouraged to send the paper through email.

Preliminary screening and plagiarism check

The Journal editors check whether the manuscript fits the scope and adheres the guidelines of the Journal.

The manuscript is passed through plagiarism check by iThenticate software to ensure that it does not contain unauthorized version of other authors’ work.

If it passes initial assessment, a section editor is assigned to handle the review process. In this step, the section editor has the option to reject the manuscript if it is not a good fit for the Journal or does not have a considerable quality.

Recommendation of peer-reviewers

The section editor appoints two peer-reviewers of the relevant field for evaluating the manuscript. CTUJ follows a double-blind review process, then the identities of the reviewers are not disclosed to the authors, and vice versa.

The review is conducted with one of the recommendations including manuscript acceptance, minor revisions, major revisions, resubmission for review, resubmission elsewhere, or manuscript rejection.

Review assessment

After considering the reviewers’ assessment and recommendation, the section editor will make one of the following decisions: manuscript acceptance, revisions required, or manuscript rejection.

Revisions

The author is required to revise the manuscript responding to comments of reviewers and section editor. The revision should also be accompanied by a point-by-point response to reviewers explaining how the manuscript has been changed. All changes should be highlighted.

Final decision

After considering the referees’ recommendation, the author’s revisions, and section editor’s report, the editorial board is able to make a final decision on the manuscript. When all editorial issues are resolved, the manuscript will be formally accepted for publication. Then, it is edited, typeset, and published sequentially.