JHER is committed to a fair, timely, and academically rigorous editorial process. All submissions received by the journal pass through a structured workflow designed to ensure scholarly quality, editorial integrity, and relevance to the journal’s aims and scope.
- Initial Submission Check
Upon receipt, each manuscript is checked by the editorial office for completeness, adherence to the journal’s formatting requirements, relevance to the journal’s scope, and compliance with submission policies. Manuscripts that are incomplete or clearly outside the journal’s scope may be returned to the author before peer review. - Preliminary Editorial Assessment
The Editor-in-Chief or an assigned handling editor reviews the manuscript to determine whether it demonstrates sufficient scholarly merit, originality, clarity, and relevance to proceed to peer review. At this stage, the journal may decline manuscripts that do not meet minimum editorial expectations. - Similarity and Ethics Screening
Before external review, manuscripts may be subjected to similarity checks and ethics screening. Where necessary, authors may be asked to clarify authorship, ethical approval, consent procedures, conflict of interest disclosures, or source acknowledgements. - Peer Review
Manuscripts that pass preliminary assessment are sent for peer review by suitably qualified experts in the field. Reviewer comments are considered together with the editor’s own assessment in reaching a decision. - Editorial Decision
Following peer review, the manuscript may be accepted, accepted subject to minor revision, returned for major revision and resubmission, or declined. Editorial decisions are based on academic merit, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, clarity of presentation, and relevance to the journal. - Revision Stage
Where revision is requested, authors are expected to address reviewer and editor comments carefully and resubmit within the stated time. Revised manuscripts may be returned to the original reviewers or assessed by the editor, depending on the nature of the revisions. - Copyediting and Production
Accepted manuscripts proceed to copyediting, layout preparation, metadata preparation, and proof review. Authors may be asked to review proofs for typographical or factual corrections before final publication. - Publication
Final articles are published in the journal issue or volume in accordance with the editorial schedule. Metadata may then be registered with relevant indexing and DOI agencies, where applicable.
The journal reserves the right to make reasonable editorial amendments to style, grammar, structure, and metadata presentation, provided that such changes do not alter the scholarly meaning of the work.