QJCS follows a structured editorial workflow designed to maintain scholarly quality, research integrity, editorial independence, and consistency of the published record.

STAGE 1 — SUBMISSION

Authors submit manuscripts through the journal's Open Journal Systems platform.

STAGE 2 — ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SCREENING

The Editorial Office checks:

• Manuscript completeness
• Author information
• Formatting
• Required declarations
• Supporting files
• Compliance with submission requirements

STAGE 3 — EDITORIAL SCREENING

An academic editor evaluates:

• Relevance to the Aims and Scope
• Scholarly quality
• Originality
• Clarity of contribution
• Methodological adequacy
• Research-integrity concerns
• Suitability for external review

STAGE 4 — RESEARCH-INTEGRITY SCREENING

Where appropriate, submissions may undergo:

• Similarity assessment
• Ethics approval verification
• Informed-consent verification
• Conflict-of-interest review
• Funding-disclosure review
• Authorship checks
• Image or data integrity checks

STAGE 5 — DOUBLE-ANONYMOUS PEER REVIEW

Manuscripts progressing to review are normally evaluated by at least two independent reviewers.

Author identities are concealed from reviewers and reviewer identities are concealed from authors.

STAGE 6 — EDITORIAL DECISION

Possible decisions include:

• Accept
• Minor Revision
• Major Revision
• Resubmit for Review
• Reject

STAGE 7 — REVISION

Authors submit a revised manuscript and point-by-point response.

STAGE 8 — FINAL DECISION

The Editor-in-Chief or delegated academic editor makes the final decision.

STAGE 9 — PRODUCTION

Copyediting → Layout → Proofreading → Metadata Verification → Final Quality Control

STAGE 10 — PUBLICATION

The Version of Record is published with complete metadata, DOI, licence information, volume and issue details, and full text.