All of the articles in this journal have been peer-reviewed by the Reviewers and approved by the Editors.

1. Review Procedure

The journal submission management system is Open Journal System (OJS) that manages the paper submission, review and copyediting, and production process for JCLC.

The reviews are double-blind. Each submission is examined independently by at least two anonymous reviewers.

The submissions will first be screened for generic quality and suitableness by the Editors. After the initial screening, the papers will be sent for peer review by the Editors, who will match each paper’s topic with the reviewers’ expertise, taking into account any competing interests. A paper could only be considered for acceptance if it has received favorable recommendations from at least two reviewers. The acceptance or rejection of a revised manuscript is final.

2. Quality Criteria

Reviewers are instructed to assess the quality of submissions solely based on the academic merit of their content along the following dimensions:

• Pertinence of the article’s content to the scope and themes of the journal;
• Clear demonstration of originality, novelty, and timeliness of the research;
• Soundness of the methods, analyses, and results;
• Adherence to the ethical standards and codes of conduct relevant to the research field;
• Clarity, cohesion, and accuracy in language and other modes of expression, including figures and tables.

In addition, all of the articles will be checked for textual overlap in an effort to detect possible signs of plagiarism by the publisher.

Competing Interests

The Editors declare no competing interests with the submissions which they have handled through the peer-review process. The peer-review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editor who has no competing interests.

Peer Review Policy

This journal uses a double-blind peer review process, which means that both the reviewer(s) and author(s) identities are concealed from the reviewer(s), and vice versa, throughout the review process. Peer review helps validate research and establish a method by which it can be evaluated.

• All submitted papers will be reviewed by a double-blind peer review process which may take between two to eight weeks from the date of submission.
• JCLC is committed to prompt evaluation and publication of fully accepted papers. To maintain a high-quality publication, all submissions undergo the following rigorous review process.
• No simultaneous submissions of the same manuscript to different journals.
• Manuscripts with contents outside the scope will not be considered for review.
• Papers will be refereed by at least two experts (reviewers) as suggested by the editorial board.
• All publication decisions are made by the journal’s Editor-in-chief on the basis of the reviewers’ report.
• Authors of papers that are not accepted are notified promptly.
• All submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential documents.
• All manuscripts submitted for publication in this journal are cross-checked for plagiarism. Manuscripts found to have a similarity index of more than 20% during initial stages of review are outrightly rejected and not considered for publication in the journal.