Editing Process and Timeline

After submission, each full article undergoes the following process (book reviews are reviewed only by the reviews editor).

Wk.	Action	Details
1	CFP Deadline. Articles to Chief Editor	Chief Editor checks that the article complies with the basic Submission Guidelines, including: Article submitted in the correct electronic format (Word document or Rich Text Format) Author has signed and returned Author's Copyright Statement Subject matter meets the specifications of the Call for Papers Meets basic standard of English Authorial identifications removed from papers Article is referenced If these basic guidelines are not met, the Chief Editor returns the article to the author, who may resubmit within four days. Otherwise the Chief Editor: Acknowledges receipt of article Assigns the article a reference number to preserve authorial anonymity Write Protects the document to ensure peer-reviewers cannot amend document directly Passes article to Sub-Editors
1	Submissions with Sub-Editor from most relevant discipline	Sub-Editors decide on peer reviewers, and disseminate articles plus peer review packs
2-5	Submissions passed to Peer-Reviewers	Peer-reviewers provide a response on rejection or acceptance, and provide detailed feedback for the article author using the Editorial Report Form. Reviewers will recommend one of the following: Accept without revision Accept subject to revisions (marked-up in electronic document) Reject If rejected by the peer-reviewers, the article returns to the Sub-Editor, who sends an immediate notice of rejection. In the event of a significant discrepancy between the two peer reviewer reports, or between both reports and the opinion of the editor, the Sub-Editor will pass the original article on to a member of the academic advisory board to arbitrate.
5	Sub-Editor contacts author with decision. Reviews Editor contacts reviewers if corrections need to be made.	If accepted with revisions, the Sub-Editor collates the comments of the two peer-reviewer and returns the marked-up document, the peer-reviewers' Editorial Report Forms, and a conditional acceptance letter to the author. If rejected, the editor sends a notice of rejection to the author, as well as the Editorial Report Forms
5-8	Authors make required changes	Authors go through marked-up document and Editorial Report Forms and make revisions as necessary
8	Authors and reviewers return corrected article to relevant Sub-Editor	Corrected article returned to Chief Editor.
8	Articles circulated to the All Editors for final proofing	All Editors check final document, correcting any technical errors (e.g. missing line breaks).
9	Technical Editor prepares document for typesetting	Word documents restyled according to Gylphi stylesheet
9	Articles circulated to Proof-reading team	External proof readers check documents, correcting any copy errors
10	Complete issue passed to Gylphi for typesetting	Gylphi typeset articles, and bundle into complete PDF of issue
11	Typeset proofs returned to Chief Editor	All Editors check final document, correcting any technical errors (e.g. missing line breaks).
11	Corrected proofs returned to Gylphi for final amendments	Amendments at this stage must be minimal.
12	Finished issue	Issue ready for publication, subject to final approval from the Academic Advisory Board and Institute of Advanced Study.
13	Publicity	Publicise new issue and issue next Call for Papers