Peer review

Multiverso Journal uses double-blind peer review: authors do not know the identity of the reviewers and reviewers do not know the identity of the authors. Every research article is reviewed by at least two reviewers who are external to the journal and specialists in the subject. Manuscripts are received exclusively through the journal’s OJS platform.

Stage 1. Pre-review (two weeks)

The editorial team checks that the manuscript fits the journal’s focus and the Author Guidelines, that it is anonymised and that it shows no undue similarity (Turnitin; see Plagiarism Policy). The manuscript may be rejected at this stage; the decision is communicated with its reasons.

Stage 2. External review (up to four weeks)

Two external reviewers assess the manuscript using the journal’s form: relevance and originality, consistency between title and content, design and methodology, organisation and clarity, quality of the abstract and currency of sources. Each reviewer recommends: accept, accept with minor changes, revise with major changes, or reject. If the reports conflict, a third reviewer is appointed.

Stage 3. Editorial decision

The Editor-in-Chief, together with the Editorial Board, makes the decision based on the reports. It is communicated to the author with the anonymised reports.

Stage 4. Revisions (15 days)

The author submits the revised version with a note explaining the changes. The editor checks that the comments have been addressed and, if necessary, sends it back to the reviewers.

Stage 5. Editing and publication

Copyediting, layout in PDF, HTML and EPUB, DOI assignment and publication in the open issue. Before publication, all authors sign their acceptance of publication under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Rights

Authors retain the copyright of their article. Upon publication, the article is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) and the journal receives only the right of first publication.

Timelines and conflicts of interest

Average time from submission to publication: 9 to 12 weeks. No article is published without at least two favourable external reports. Reviewers declare any conflict of interest and withdraw if they have one. Articles authored by members of the Editorial Board go through the same process, without the author taking part in any decision on their work, and do not exceed 25% of the articles in an issue.