Description

Submissions should be prepared following the Author's Guidelines. The manuscript may be returned to authors without a scientific assessment if they do not meet all submission requirements, are not in the correct format, or cannot be downloaded reliably.

Submissions must represent the original and independent work of the authors. Principal Editor assesses each new submission to determine whether it falls within the general remit of Subhasita: Journal of Buddhist and Religious Studies. We will only accept a manuscript with review if it contains good content, exceeds our word limit, is correctly formatted, needs to be better presented, and needs to be more apparent. Principal Editor or Associate Editor will handle manuscripts that pass the initial assessment to oversee the review process for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation.

Once a manuscript passes the initial checks, it will be assigned to at least two independent experts for peer review. A single-blind review is applied, where authors' identities are known to reviewers. Peer review comments are confidential and will only be disclosed with the express agreement of the reviewer. All manuscripts are subject to peer review, and authors can expect a decision, or an explanation for the delay, within two months of receipt. The corresponding author should submit the revised manuscript within two weeks if a revision is invited. Principal Editors make the final decision based on the information gained through the peer-review process.

We ensure that the reviewed manuscript is treated confidentially before being published, as explained in publication ethics.

Types of Decision

There are four types of editorial decisions during the peer review process, which are:

Decline submission
Following peer review, the paper is judged unacceptable for publication in the Subhasita: Journal of Buddhist and Religious Studies.

Resubmit for Review
The submitted version of the paper is unacceptable. It requires significant revision, but there is clear potential in work, and the Subhasita: Journal of Buddhist and Religious Studies is prepared to consider a new version. Authors are offered the opportunity to resubmit their paper as a new submission. Concerns will remain regarding the paper's suitability for publication until the authors convince the editors that it fits the scope and standards of Subhasita: Journal of Buddhist and Religious Studies. The resubmitted manuscript will be returned to the original associate editor.

Revision
The paper requires changes before a final decision can be made. Authors are asked to modify their manuscript in light of comments from referees and editors and to submit a new version for consideration within two weeks of receiving the decision letter. A point-by-point explanation of how comments have been addressed must be supplied with the revised version of the paper. Revisions may undergo further peer review, and articles may undergo more than one round of revision. If the authors revise their papers to the editors' satisfaction, the paper can still be accepted for publication in the Subhasita: Journal of Buddhist and Religious Studies.

Accept submission
The paper is accepted for publication, subject to conditions that must be addressed in producing a final version of the manuscript. These may include sub-editing changes and a minor amendment to ensure the paper matches our criteria. After final checking in the editorial office, acceptance is confirmed, and the paper is forwarded to the publishers for publication.

Galley Proof

Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for final checking. Corrections to the evidence must be restricted to printer’s errors: any other changes to the text, in equations or grammar, may be charged to the author. Proofs should be returned to the editors within three days of receipt to minimize the risk of the author’s contribution being held over to a later issue. The editors do not accept responsibility for the correctness of published content. It is the author’s responsibility to check the content at the proof stage.