Submission, Review, Acceptance, Production, Publication, and Indexing Process

The Journal of Wellbeing Management and Applied Psychology (JWMAP), owned, managed, and published by KODISA Foundation, operates a transparent editorial and peer-review process to ensure the academic quality, originality, ethical integrity, and publication standards of all submitted manuscripts.

The submission, review, acceptance, production, publication, and indexing process of JWMAP can be broadly summarized as follows.

Step 1. Submission and Initial Editorial Screening

All manuscripts submitted to JWMAP are first checked by the editorial office for completeness and compliance with the journal’s submission requirements.

This step may include verification of the following items:

Manuscript format and journal style
Submission consent
Author information and affiliations
Required declarations and statements
Research ethics compliance
Publication ethics compliance
Conflict-of-interest disclosure
Copyright and open access agreement
Similarity screening

JWMAP may use iThenticate, Crossref Similarity Check, KCI Similarity Check, or an equivalent plagiarism-detection system to identify overlapping or similar text in submitted manuscripts.

Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal’s ethical, technical, or formatting requirements may be returned to the authors for correction before peer review or rejected at the initial screening stage.

Step 2. Desk Review by the Editor-in-Chief or Handling Editor

After the initial screening, the Editor-in-Chief or a designated handling editor conducts a desk review to determine whether the manuscript fits the aims and scope of JWMAP and meets the minimum scholarly standards required for external peer review.

The desk review considers the manuscript’s academic merit, originality, research significance, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal.

Manuscripts that are outside the scope of the journal or do not meet the journal’s basic academic or ethical standards may be rejected without external review.

Step 3. External Peer Review

Manuscripts that pass the desk review are sent to two independent expert reviewers with relevant academic expertise.

JWMAP operates a double-blind peer-review process. The identities of both authors and reviewers are kept confidential throughout the review process.

Reviewers evaluate the manuscript’s originality, academic contribution, research design, methodology, analysis, interpretation, ethical compliance, clarity of presentation, adequacy of references, and relevance to the field.

Reviewers provide comments and recommendations to the editorial office. However, the final editorial decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief or the Editorial Board.

Step 4. Editorial Decision and Revision

Based on the reviewers’ comments and recommendations, the editorial decision may be one of the following:

Accept
Minor Revision
Major Revision
Re-review after Revision
Reject

When revision is required, authors must submit a revised manuscript together with a response letter explaining how each reviewer comment has been addressed.

Revised manuscripts may be evaluated by the handling editor or returned to reviewers when necessary. If the two reviewers’ opinions differ substantially, the Editor-in-Chief may invite an additional reviewer or consult the Editorial Board before making the final decision.

Step 5. Final Acceptance and Copyediting

When the manuscript satisfies the academic, ethical, and editorial requirements of JWMAP, the Editor-in-Chief or Editorial Board makes the final acceptance decision.

Accepted manuscripts are then processed for copyediting. This step may include checking the following items:

Article title
Abstract and keywords
Author names and affiliations
Corresponding author information
In-text citations and references
Tables, figures, and captions
Acknowledgments
Funding statements
Conflict-of-interest statements
Research ethics statements
Copyright and open access information
Grammar, punctuation, readability, and consistency of style

The purpose of copyediting is to prepare the accepted manuscript for publication while preserving the scholarly content approved through peer review.

Step 6. Production and Publication

After copyediting, the manuscript proceeds to production.

The production process may include confirmation of the following items:

DOI information
Author names and affiliations
Corresponding author information
Received date
Revised date
Accepted date
Publication date
Pagination
Article layout
PDF file
XML or HTML file
Article metadata
Final online publication format

The corresponding author may be asked to review the final proof before publication. At the proof stage, only minor corrections are normally permitted. Substantial changes to the scholarly content may require editorial approval.

After final approval, the article is published online on the JWMAP website.

Step 7. Indexing and Metadata Registration

After online publication, article metadata are registered, deposited, updated, or transmitted to relevant indexing, abstracting, archiving, and scholarly information systems, depending on the journal’s indexing status and publication policy.

This may include KCI, AccessON, ScienceON, DOI registration services, journal website publication, digital archiving services, and other applicable scholarly databases.

JWMAP makes efforts to ensure that article information, DOI, author information, publication information, received date, revised date, accepted date, publication date, full-text access information, references, and other metadata are accurately maintained.