The SIME Journal is primarily a professional peer-reviewed publication that welcomes scholarly manuscripts concerning a variety of topics especially those of interdisciplinary nature as indicated in SIME mission statement.

Manuscripts submitted via e-mail for in-house-reviews must be sent to the Editor most suited for the topic of your work and/or to someone who knows the language in the case it is written in a language other then English. Following review, materials may be returned via e-mail for revision before final acceptance. All materials are edited as necessary for clarity and conformity to SIME standards. Because we provide all information at no additional cost to the public, we cannot pay for submissions.

Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts to the SIME

In addition to satisfying all the copyright restrictions and the permissions as indicated in the copyright agreement, authors should prepare manuscripts as follows:

1. All submissions must include a title page and a listing of all authors, their degrees, their e-mail address, their institutional affiliation, their full mailing addresses, and their phone and fax numbers (include country code). Only the name and the institution will be published unless otherwise specified by the authors.

2. Submissions should include an abstract of no more than 150 words (highlighting the scope, methodology, and conclusions of the paper) at the beginning of each manuscript.

3. If using copyrighted material (quotations, tables, illustrations, etc.), the author is responsible for obtaining permission from the copyright holder.

4. Tables and figures, a maximum of three each, must be included within the text of the paper. In addition, it is expected that the author will prepare the table/figure for a professional appearance.

5. As this is an interdisciplinary journal, authors are asked to follow the latest edition of any of the documentation styles used in the field of the topic of the publication.  SIME will accept the following styles of documentation: Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), Council of Biology Editors (CBE), and Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) styles. 

6. For transliteration, you may use the font and keyboard templates to generate the special characters and symbols.  You can find more information on this on the Support page.

When creating references to electronic resources consult the Publication Manual and the up-to-date information and examples at the Web site maintained by the publishing societies.

6. Submissions can be made in any of the languages for which we currently have an active Editor.

7. Papers must be formatted, edited, and proofread for final publications; we do not have the resources to reply to all inquiries or inform the authors of the status of their papers.

Review Process

There are two review tracts: (a) one provided by our in-house Editors and  the other (b)  is provided by the authors' colleagues.

(a) Authors need to ask a minimum of two (three is encouraged) colleagues specialists in the topic of the paper for review.  The author must forward his/her work along with  our Checklist to these reviewers. When we receive all or at least 2 of the reports from the reviewers, we will act on their recommendation as explained in the  Checklist. The reviewers must directly and confidentially email us their reviews. 

We prefer this option since it is faster then the first, and it will keep the reviewing load that is handled by our in-house Editors and other members of the faculty to a minimum.  We also believe that it is easier for the author--than for us--to locate colleagues who have similar interests and who will be benefiting from this exchange of ideas.

(b) This particular review processes usually takes two to three months and the following procedures are followed upon acceptance of a manuscript.

2. The Editor will remove all identification of the author(s).

3. The Editor will distribute the manuscript to two reviewers with a reviewing checklist.

4. The reviewers will return the manuscript and checklist within six to eight weeks to the appropriate Editor.

6. The Editor will then forward the decision to the authors by e-mail;

7. In all cases, the Executive Editor will make the final decision.

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