📑 Peer Review Process – American Digits: Journal of Computing and Digital Technologies
All submissions to American Digits: Journal of Computing and Digital Technologies undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process to ensure academic quality, originality, and relevance to the field of computing and digital technologies.
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  1. Initial Editorial Screening
    • Each manuscript is first evaluated by the editorial office for scope, formatting, and plagiarism check (using similarity detection tools).
    • Manuscripts that do not meet the basic criteria are returned to authors for revision or rejected.
  2. Double-Blind Peer Review
    • Suitable manuscripts are assigned to at least two independent expert reviewers in the relevant field.
    • Both reviewers and authors remain anonymous to each other to ensure an unbiased evaluation.
  3. Evaluation Criteria
    Reviewers assess manuscripts based on:
    • Originality and contribution to the field
    • Technical accuracy and methodological soundness
    • Clarity of presentation, figures, and references
    • Relevance to the journal’s scope
  4. Editorial Decision
    • Based on reviewer feedback, the handling editor recommends one of the following decisions: accept, minor revision, major revision, or reject.
    • Authors are notified promptly with consolidated reviewer comments and guidance for revisions.
  5. Revision & Final Acceptance
    • Authors are expected to address reviewer comments point-by-point and resubmit the revised manuscript within the stipulated time.
    • Revised manuscripts are assessed by the handling editor and, when necessary, may be sent back to reviewers for a second evaluation.
    • The Editorial Board collectively reviews the recommendations and makes the final decision on acceptance or rejection until the Editor-in-Chief is appointed.
  6. Publication Ethics
    • The journal follows international ethical standards (COPE guidelines).
    • Conflicts of interest must be declared by authors, reviewers, and editors.
    • The editorial board retains the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with ethical and scientific standards.

This transparent process ensures that all articles published in American Digits meet the highest standards of quality and integrity.

Review Grid

​​Reviewers evaluating American Digits articles follow the following grid:
Conformity
Evaluate whether the article fits well into the theme of the journal in which it was submitted, and whether its word count is within the range required by the editors. 
  • Qualitative assessment.

Form and readability
Evaluate the form of the article. Are its objectives, statement of the problem and findings clear? Is it well structured? Is the language mastered?
  • Quantitative evaluation.

Bibliography
Assess whether the article is up to date in terms of its references and positioning; if necessary, indicate to the authors which publications should be consulted and added.
  • Quantitative evaluation.

Scientific quality
Evaluate the scientific contributions and limitations of the article. Provide details and arguments for your analysis.
  • Quantitative evaluation.

Level of expertise
Give here the confidence you place in your expertise on the article evaluated.
  • Qualitative assessment.

Overall judgement
Final qualitative assessment of the paper submitted: to be published / to be published with minor changes taken into account / to be published if major changes are taken into account / rejected.
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The detailed policies of the journal have been outlined on the Publications Policy page.