Review Process

Publication and Review Period

- Publication: Bi-monthly (Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., Dec.) - Review: 6-8 weeks, by 3-4 reviewers

The review process consists of 5 steps and 2nd and 3rd steps are most important.
2nd step is a pre-screening process managed by one reviewer and 3rd step is a formal review process (see the formal review process) accomplished by another formal reviewers.
Accepted papers will be published after the final decision of Editor-in-Chief. All submitted papers will be reviewed in 3-7 weeks. Type of Peer Review
This journal employs a blind reviewing, where both the referee and author remain anonymous throughout the process.

Formal Conditions of Acceptance

Every paper submitted to JDCTA will be reviewed by at least two reviewers.Moreover the papers sumbitted will be checked for linguistic consistency by native speaker. The level of written English of submitted papers will be ranked between 1-5 where 1 is for paper with excellent English and 5 is for paper whose English is subjected to major revision. Top 3 levels will be considered for acceptance. The lower levels will be proposed for revision and could be conditionally accepted.

Thematic review will decide whether to accept or reject according to the originality, significance for theory and practice, quality of content and presentation of submitted paper.

Linguistic Review	Thematic Review	Decision
1 (excellent)	Accept Reject	Accept Reject
2 (good)	Accept Reject	Accept Reject
3 (normal)	Accept Reject	Accept* Reject
4 (Need minor revision)	Accept Reject	Conditional Accept** Reject
5 (Need major revision)	Accept Reject	Conditional Accept*** Reject

* Revision Service is supported by JDCTA for free
** Revision Service is supported by JDCT for $50-$100
*** Revision Service is supported by JDCTA for $100-$200