Peer Review Policy

Peer Review Policy

The Global Journal of Clinical and Applied Medical Sciences follows a structured editorial and peer-review process to evaluate submitted manuscripts.

Initial Editorial Screening

All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial assessment.

The editorial team evaluates:

• Scope

• Originality

• Basic scientific quality

• Ethical considerations

• Manuscript completeness

• Compliance with submission requirements

Manuscripts that do not meet basic requirements may be returned to authors or rejected before external review.

External Peer Review

Manuscripts considered suitable for further evaluation may be sent to qualified reviewers with relevant subject expertise.

The journal may use a double-anonymized peer-review process, where the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed during the review process.

Review Criteria

Reviewers may evaluate:

• Originality

• Scientific significance

• Methodology

• Data quality

• Statistical analysis

• Ethical considerations

• Results

• Discussion

• References

• Overall contribution

Editorial Decision

Possible decisions include:

• Accept

• Minor Revision

• Major Revision

• Reject

The final publication decision rests with the editorial team.