Publishing Process

Qubahan Journal of Medical Sciences follows a structured editorial and publishing process designed to ensure scientific quality, research integrity, transparency, and editorial independence.

  1. Submission

Authors submit their manuscript and all required declarations through the journal's submission system.

  1. Technical screening

The Editorial Office checks completeness, manuscript structure, authorship information, declarations, formatting, scope, and required documentation.

  1. Editorial and research-integrity screening

The manuscript is assessed for:

• Scope relevance
• Originality
• Scientific quality
• Methodological suitability
• Research ethics
• Ethics approval
• Informed consent
• Trial registration where applicable
• Conflicts of interest
• Funding disclosure
• Data availability
• Similarity and potential publication misconduct

Manuscripts that clearly fail essential requirements may be rejected before external peer review.

  1. Editor assignment

Suitable manuscripts are assigned to an academic editor with relevant expertise.

  1. Double-anonymous peer review

Research manuscripts normally undergo independent evaluation by at least two qualified external reviewers.

The identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from one another as far as reasonably possible.

  1. Editorial decision

Reviewer recommendations inform but do not determine the editorial decision.

Possible decisions include:

• Accept
• Minor revision
• Major revision
• Reject

  1. Revision

Authors must submit a revised manuscript and detailed point-by-point response to reviewer and editor comments.

  1. Final decision

Acceptance is granted only when scientific, ethical, methodological, and editorial requirements have been satisfactorily addressed.

  1. Production

Accepted manuscripts undergo copyediting, typesetting, metadata checking, reference verification, proofreading, and final production.

  1. Publication

The final approved article is published online and becomes part of the permanent scholarly record.

Payment of an Article Processing Charge does not influence peer review or editorial decisions.