PJL uses double-anonymous peer review: reviewers do not know the authors' names, and authors do not know the reviewers' names. Authors therefore submit two files, a title page and declarations file and an anonymised manuscript.
Process
- Editorial screening. The Editor-in-Chief checks fit with the focus and scope, the template and the declarations, and a similarity check is run. Manuscripts that fail any of these are declined without peer review, normally within three weeks.
- Peer review. Two independent reviewers with relevant expertise assess the manuscript. A decision is never made on one report.
- First decision. Accept, revise, or reject. If the two reviewers disagree, the Editor-in-Chief decides and may ask a third reviewer.
- Revision. Authors have up to one month. At most two rounds of revision are allowed; a manuscript that still does not meet the requirements after the second round is rejected.
- Final decision. Accepted manuscripts go through copyediting and layout, and the corresponding author approves the proof.
Conflicts of interest
Papers by editors, editorial board members or UNS staff are handled by an editor outside their own institution, and the author takes no part in the decision.
Transition note
Double-anonymous review applies to new submissions from the November 2026 issue. Manuscripts already in review before that date stay single-blind.
More information
The full requirements are in the Guide for Authors. Reviewers are listed on the Reviewers page. For questions, contact the editorial office.
