Peer Review Process

Every manuscript submitted to the Journal of Accounting Inquiry is read by the editorial staff. Those manuscripts evaluated by editors to be inappropriate to journal criteria are rejected promptly without external review. Manuscripts evaluated to be of potential interest to our readership are sent to double-blind reviewers. Every manuscript is independently reviewed by at least two reviewers in the form of a "double-blind review". The editors then decide for publication based on the reviewer's recommendation from among several possibilities: Accept, Accept with revisions, Submit for review, Submit elsewhere, or Decline.

In certain cases, the editor may submit an article for review to another third reviewer before making a decision, if necessary.

The Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Accounting Inquiry has the right to decide which manuscripts submitted to the journal should be published.

Review Process:

1. Author submits the manuscript
2. Editor Evaluation (some manuscripts are rejected or returned before the review process)
3. Double-blind peer review process
4. Editor decision
5. Confirmation to the authors

After Acceptance

Online Proof Correction

Corresponding authors will receive an e-mail with a link to log into our online proofing system, allowing annotation, correction, comment, and answer questions from the Copy Editor and upload your edits on the PDF version to the system. All instructions for proofing will be given in the e-mail we send to authors.