Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk through the years
SUBMISSION TO PUBLICATION TIMELINE POLICY
The typical timeline from article submission-to-publication ranges from a minimum of 6 months to a maximum of 24 months.
- The first review feedback is provided within three months after submission.
- If revision and resubmission are recommended, authors have one month for the first round of revisions and resubmission.
- A second round of revision feedback is provided within three months after the first resubmission.
- If revision and resubmission are recommended again, authors are allowed another one-month period for the second round of revisions and resubmission.
- If the article is not accepted after the second round of resubmission, a final round of feedback is provided within three months.
- Authors are given one month for a third round of revisions and resubmission.
- An editorial decision is provided one month after the third round of revisions and resubmission.
- If the article is provisionally approved after any of the review rounds, the final editorial editing and publication queue time will not exceed 12 months from that point.
- Articles may be found unsuitable for publication after the first or second round of review and are usually rejected if they remain unsuitable after the third round.