{"id":1933,"date":"2022-07-24T10:41:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T16:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fantastic-arts.org\/jfa\/?page_id=1933"},"modified":"2022-07-24T10:41:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T16:41:38","slug":"peer-review-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fantastic-arts.org\/jfa\/peer-review-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Peer Review Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published scholarly articles in the&nbsp;<em>Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts<\/em>&nbsp;undergo a rigorous peer review process based on editor assessment combined with anonymized peer review. The&nbsp;<em>JFA<\/em>&nbsp;is committed to providing each submission with a fair evaluation of its merits in consideration for publication.&nbsp; In addition to internal editorial review of article submissions, each work of scholarly analysis is subjected to double-anonymized external review.&nbsp; The&nbsp;<em>JFA<\/em>&nbsp;is committed to expanding its base of blind reviewers to reflect the diverse specializations of academic authors studying the fantastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While think pieces by creatives invited to write for the&nbsp;<em>JFA<\/em>&nbsp;do not undergo the double-anonymized external review of scholarly submissions, each creative think piece is subject to careful evaluation by members of the&nbsp;<em>JFA<\/em>&nbsp;Editorial Collective before the draft is accepted for publication.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following process applies to all research submitted to the JFA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Author(s) write(s) and submit a work of scholarly analysis\/research on a subject of the fantastic.<\/li><li>The Acquisitions Editor-in-Chief sends the submission to the Senior Submissions Editor and regional Associate Submissions Editor(s) who, following internal screening, will send each submission to two subject-appropriate Peer Reviewers.<ul><li>In addition to the submissions themselves, Peer Reviewers receive the following summary anti-racist review statement and guidelines, as posted on the&nbsp;<em>JFA<\/em>&nbsp;website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantastic-arts.org%2Fjfa%2Fbipoc-anti-racist-statement%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjwright%40peru.edu%7Cbf4d2dc7a4e5430b822908da209ef0d0%7Cca7a888ad589409fad99769f12169dc0%7C0%7C0%7C637858164272863009%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=by4DfbyvRCZpTENx76NmOMb7scVNd8pfp%2B%2Fsa43TKaU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.fantastic-arts.org\/jfa\/bipoc-anti-racist-statement\/<\/a><\/li><li>The full statement which informs the JFA\u2019s review policies, \u201cAnti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices: A Heuristic for Editors, Peer reviewers, and Authors,\u201d is made available here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1lZmZqeNNnYfYgmTKSbL2ijYbR4OMovv6A-bDwJRnwx8%2Fmobilebasic%3Furp%3Dgmail_link%26gxids%3D7628%26usp%3Dgmail&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjwright%40peru.edu%7Cbf4d2dc7a4e5430b822908da209ef0d0%7Cca7a888ad589409fad99769f12169dc0%7C0%7C0%7C637858164272863009%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rxumXcfB4odppKNfzOc8eyy5FBEqsjG%2BOU9f5bbJq%2Fs%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1lZmZqeNNnYfYgmTKSbL2ijYbR4OMovv6A-bDwJRnwx8\/mobilebasic?urp=gmail_link&amp;gxids=7628&amp;usp=gmail<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Peer Reviewers review each submission according to the guidelines provided by the Editorial Collective of the JFA in order to vet the content and quality of research.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Each Peer Reviewer must supply a written evaluation in which the reviewer advises to accept and publish the article, reject it or request revision and resubmission.<\/li><li>After Editorial Collective evaluation of internal and anonymized external recommendations, the Acquisitions Editor-in-Chief will send a response to submitting Author(s) explaining the Journal\u2019s decision.<\/li><li>If the submission is accepted, it will be sent to the Project Editor-in-Chief in preparation for publication.<\/li><li>If revision of the submission is requested, it will be internally re-evaluated and, as necessary, externally reviewed before it is sent to the Project Editor-in-Chief in preparation for publication.&nbsp;<\/li><li>If the submission is rejected after peer review, the&nbsp;<em>JFA<\/em>&nbsp;will not accept resubmission without prior agreement with members of the Editorial Collective<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published scholarly articles in the&nbsp;Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts&nbsp;undergo a rigorous peer review process based on editor assessment combined with anonymized peer review. 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