Peer Process

Proceeding of Castle applies a blind peer review process. Any manuscript submission will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers, follow by editorial comments. Editor-in-Chief or editor in accordance with the field of research (the list is on the Editorial Board page) provides acceptance/rejection decisions. A summary of the editorial process given in the flowchart below.

A. Manuscript Pre-check
After submission, this check is initially to assess: Suitability of the manuscript to the proceeding scope and templates; Qualification and background of authors; and Reject obviously poor manuscripts.

B. Editor Decision
Acceptance decisions on manuscripts are made by an editor (the list is on the Editorial Board page). The editor can select from: accept, reject, ask author for revision. If there is any suspicion that a paper may contain plagiarism, the editorial office will check using the Turnitin software.