Peer Review Policy for the Journal of Mathematical Behavior
Our referees play a vital role in maintaining the high standards of the Journal of Mathematical Behavior. Every manuscript is peer reviewed, according to the following procedures.
Initial manuscript evaluation The Editors first evaluate all manuscripts. In many cases, the Editors will return a paper promptly to its author(s) at this stage because it clearly does not match the journal's stated interests or level of scholarly and analytic quality. Submissions that meet the minimum criteria are normally passed on to at least 2 experts for review. In rare cases, however, an exceptionally strong manuscript might be accepted after the initial reading.
Authors of manuscripts returned at this initial stage will usually be informed within 2 weeks of receipt.
Type of peer review The Journal of Mathematical Behavior employs double blind reviewing, where both referee and author remain anonymous throughout the process.
How the referee is selected Referees will be selected based upon their expertise. Our database includes world leaders in the journal's areas of interest.
Referee reports Referees are asked explicitly to advise the editors about submissions, based on criteria that explicitly include the following:
• The quality and significance of the paper • The paper's suitability for the journal • Potential influence of the submitted paper on other work, on policy, and on the larger discourse of the field.
Language correction is not part of the peer review process, but referees may suggest appropriate corrections.
Special issues and/or conference proceedings may have different peer review procedures involving, for example, Guest Editors, conference organisers or scientific committees. Authors contributing to these projects may receive full details of the peer review process on request from the Editors at: cmaher@rci.rutgers.edu or speiser@mathed.byu.edu.
How long might the review process take? The time required for the review process depends primarily on the referees. Typically, the response time for the Journal of Mathematical Behavior is about 4-6 weeks. The Editors' decision will be sent to the author, when appropriate, with comments and suggestions by the referees, often verbatim. Revised manuscripts may be returned to the initial referees, or perhaps to further referees, for further input to the Editors.
Final report Referees advise the Editors. The Editors' decision to accept or to reject a manuscript will be sent promptly to the author, with suitably detailed explanations.
The Editors' decision is final The Editors are responsible for the final decision to accept or to reject a given manuscript, and there the process ends.
To become a referee for the Journal of Mathematical Behavior If you are not currently a referee for the Journal of Mathematical Behavior but would like to be considered, please contact the editorial office at one of the addresses above. Your work will be explicitly acknowledged in an annual statement in the journal. Referees provide reports electronically, using the Elsevier Editorial System (EES). For each review that they agree to undertake, they will receive a full month's free access to SCOPUS (www.scopus.com), the world's largest abstracting and indexing database, to facilitate their work.
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