Editorial Workflow

The Journal of Robotics and Intelligent Systems follows a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure fairness, efficiency, and scientific quality.

Step 1 – Manuscript Submission

Authors submit their manuscripts through the JRIS Online Submission System.

The Editorial Office performs an initial technical screening to verify:

  • Completeness of submission
  • Compliance with author guidelines
  • Scope suitability
  • File quality
  • Ethical declarations

Step 2 – Editorial Screening

The Editor-in-Chief or an assigned Handling Editor evaluates whether the manuscript is suitable for peer review.

Manuscripts may be rejected at this stage if they:

  • Fall outside the journal's scope
  • Demonstrate insufficient scientific quality
  • Fail to meet ethical standards
  • Do not follow submission requirements

Step 3 – Peer Review

Suitable manuscripts are assigned to independent expert reviewers.

JRIS uses a Double-Blind Peer Review process in which:

  • Reviewers do not know the authors' identities.
  • Authors do not know the reviewers' identities.

Typically, two or more reviewers evaluate each manuscript.

Step 4 – Editorial Decision

Based on reviewer reports, the editor makes one of the following decisions:

  • Accept
  • Minor Revision
  • Major Revision
  • Reject

Authors receive reviewer comments together with the editorial decision.

Step 5 – Revision

Authors revise their manuscripts and submit a detailed response addressing each reviewer comment.

The revised manuscript may undergo additional review if necessary.

Step 6 – Copyediting

Accepted manuscripts undergo:

  • Language editing
  • Formatting
  • Reference verification
  • Metadata preparation

Step 7 – Production

Final production includes:

  • Typesetting
  • Proofreading
  • PDF generation
  • DOI assignment
  • Final author approval

Step 8 – Publication

The final article is published online and becomes permanently accessible through JRIS.