Peer Review Process
HISTOREA: Journal of History Education Academia is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published twice a year. The journal primarily publishes original research articles and accepts a limited number of literature reviews, conceptual papers, case studies, and critical analyses that are relevant to the journal’s focus and scope.
All submitted manuscripts undergo several stages of editorial evaluation, including a rigorous double-blind peer-review process, in which the identities of both authors and reviewers are concealed to ensure objectivity, fairness, academic integrity, and scholarly independence.
Upon submission through the journal’s online submission system, the Editorial Team conducts an initial screening to evaluate the manuscript's originality, academic quality, relevance, methodological rigor, historical accuracy, scholarly contribution, and compliance with the journal’s focus and scope. Manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s requirements may be rejected at this stage without external review.
Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are assigned to at least two independent reviewers who possess expertise relevant to the subject matter of the manuscript. Reviewers evaluate submissions based on originality, significance, theoretical contribution, methodological soundness, historical interpretation, quality of analysis, clarity of presentation, and relevance to the fields of history, history education, cultural heritage studies, civilization studies, historical literacy, and related disciplines.
In cases where reviewers provide substantially different recommendations, the Editorial Board may assign one or more additional reviewers to ensure a fair, balanced, and objective evaluation process.
Based on the reviewers’ reports and editorial considerations, the Editorial Board will make one of the following decisions:
- Accept Submission
- Revisions Required (Minor Revisions)
- Resubmit for Review (Major Revisions)
- Decline Submission
Authors are required to revise their manuscripts in accordance with reviewers’ comments and submit a detailed response explaining how each comment and recommendation has been addressed.
The revised manuscript may be returned to the reviewers for further evaluation when deemed necessary by the Editorial Board.
The final decision regarding publication rests with the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board. Editorial decisions are communicated to authors through the journal’s online submission system and are based solely on academic merit and scholarly quality.
HISTOREA: Journal of History Education Academia is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic quality, ethical publishing, transparency, historical scholarship, educational excellence, scholarly integrity, and professionalism throughout the review and publication process.
