Review Process

1. Corresponding author sends 5 hard copies of manuscript to managing editor.
   • October 15 (Fall)
   • March 15 (Spring)
2. Managing editor previews manuscript, deletes author's namd and institution, and forwards to editor within 3 days of receiving initial manuscript. Editor previews and returns manuscript to managing editor.
3. Managing editor check-in manuscript of all articles and their status within 1 day.
4. Managing editor forwards manuscript to respective team leader and members within 3 days.
   • AIKCU
   • KCTCS
   • Public University
5. Review team members analyze manuscript and return comments to review team leader within 14 days.
6. Review team leader evaluates manuscript based on review tem members' suggestions and opinions within 16 days.
   1. Manuscript is acceptable
   2. Manuscript needs refinements/improvements (and is ssent back to author for revisions)
   3. Manuscript is unacceptable
      1. (review team leaders forwards manuscript to editor
      2. Editor makes final notification to author.
7. Review team leader returns manuscript and revision suggestions to managing editor who forwards to author for revisions within 6 days.
8. Corresponding author makes revisions and electronically returns manuscript to managing editor within 6 days.
9. Managing editor checks that all revisions have been made and if manuscript is now acceptable, managing editor forwards to editor within 3 days.
10. Editor makes final publication decision and forwards to managing editor within 2 days
11. Managing editor reviews entire manuscript and sends galley proof (hard copy or electronic) to corresponding author within 2 days.
12. Corresponding author reviews galley proof and notifies managing editor within 2 days.
13. Managing editor posts article to journal website.
14. Each spring, electronic manuscripts will be published in a hard-cpoy print format.
    ( Hard-copy print format will be a cumulation of fall and spring publications).