Peer Review Policy
AEPR is committed to publishing high-quality, original, and impactful research in applied economics. The peer review process is central to safeguarding academic excellence and ensuring the methodological soundness of policy-related findings.
1. Review Model: 4-Expert Blind Review
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Panel: 2 Internal & 2 External reviewers specializing in economic policy and econometrics.
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Anonymity: All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review. Reviewers are unaware of the authors' identities, and authors do not know the reviewers' identities, ensuring evaluation based solely on scholarly merit.
2. Peer Review Workflow
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Initial Screening: The editorial team assesses scope alignment, formatting compliance, and performs a mandatory plagiarism check.
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Review Criteria: Reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on originality, methodological rigor, theoretical grounding, and relevance to global or regional economic policy.
3. Editorial Decision The timeframe for review is typically 4–6 weeks. Recommendations include: Accept, Minor Revisions, Major Revisions (with potential re-review), or Reject. Authors are usually provided a 2–4 week timeline for revisions.
4. Ethical Standards & Appeals AEPR strictly adheres to COPE guidelines and HEC Pakistan’s quality benchmarks. If an author disagrees with a decision, a formal appeal may be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief for a final decision or independent re-review.
