Peer Review Process

Peer-Review Process

Editor-in-Chief The Prosecutor Law Review will assign the manuscript to Managing Editor for further handling. The Managing Editor have a right to directly accept, reject, or review according to the standard set up by The Prosecutor Law Review. Prior to further processing steps, a plagiarism check using Turnitin is applied for each manuscript. Then, the Managing Editor will request at least two scientists to review the research article manuscript. To uphold rigorous academic standards, all submitted manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer review process. This means that the identities of both the reviewers and authors are kept confidential from each other throughout the review process.

Reviewers are strictly prohibited from uploading, submitting, or processing manuscripts (or any portion thereof) into generative AI tools, Large Language Models (LLMs), or AI-based editing/analysis platforms (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot). Reviewers must independently write their evaluation reports, assessments, and recommendations without relying on AI-generated content.

The results of the review will provide consideration to decide whether the manuscripts should be accepted, revised, or rejected. The aspects that will be assessed by the reviewers are the originality of the articles, clarity of presentation, and contribution to the field.

Regarding the acceptance of the manuscripts, the following are decisions provided by The Prosecutor Law Review:

  • Accepted. The journal will publish the paper in its original form;
  • Accepted by Minor Revisions, the journal will publish the paper and asks the author to make small corrections, authors revise within 7 to 14 days;
  • Accepted by Major Revisions, the journal will publish the paper provided the authors make the changes suggested by the reviewers and/or editors, authors revised within 14 to 30 days;
  • Resubmit (conditional rejection), the journal is willing to reconsider the paper in another round of decision-making after the authors make major changes;
  • Rejected (outright rejection), the journal will not publish the paper or reconsider it even if the authors make major revisions.