All submitted manuscripts are initially evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief or a designated editor for:
· Relevance to the journal’s Aims and Scope
· Originality
· Scientific and methodological quality
· Ethical compliance
· Completeness
· Similarity with previously published material
· Quality of the Persian and English title and abstract
Manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s basic requirements may be declined without external review.
Manuscripts that pass editorial screening are normally evaluated by at least two independent experts.
MCEJ applies double-blind peer review. Reviewer identities are not disclosed to authors, and reviewers do not receive author-identifying information in the anonymized manuscript.
Reviewers are selected according to:
· Subject expertise
· Methodological expertise
· Recent scholarly activity
· Absence of significant conflicts of interest
· Ability to provide an objective and timely review
Reviewers and editors must treat manuscripts, supplementary material, correspondence, and review reports as confidential.
Submitted content must not be shared, used for personal advantage, or uploaded to unauthorized artificial intelligence systems.
Possible decisions include:
· Accept
· Minor Revision
· Major Revision
· Reject
Reviewer recommendations inform the editorial decision but do not automatically determine it.
The responsible editor evaluates the reviews, authors’ responses, and revised manuscript before making the final decision.
Manuscripts submitted by editors, board members, journal staff, or their close collaborators must be handled by an independent editor who has no relevant conflict of interest.
The conflicted editor must not select reviewers or participate in the editorial decision.
The journal reports its actual median or average time to first decision annually on the Journal Metrics page.
Modares Civil Engineering Journal