Peer Review Process

FEATURE applies a double-blind peer review process: reviewers and authors remain anonymous to each other throughout the review.

1. Submission & technical checkThe editorial office checks scope, template compliance, completeness and similarity (Turnitin, max. 20%). 3–7 days.
2. Editor assessmentThe Editor-in-Chief or a Section Editor decides on desk rejection or assigns the manuscript for review.
3. Peer reviewAt least two independent expert reviewers evaluate originality, methodology, experiments, reproducibility and clarity. 3–6 weeks.
4. DecisionAccept, Minor Revision, Major Revision or Reject, based on reviewer reports and editorial judgement.
5. RevisionAuthors submit a revised manuscript with a point-by-point response letter (minor: 2 weeks, major: 4 weeks).
6. Copyediting, layout & proofreadingAccepted articles are copyedited, typeset and sent to authors for proof approval.
7. PublicationArticles are published online first and assigned to an issue (June and December).

Review Criteria

• Relevance to the journal scope and novelty of contribution
• Soundness of methodology and experimental design
• Fair comparison with recent state-of-the-art baselines and ablation studies
• Reproducibility (data, code, implementation details)
• Clarity of writing, figures and tables; quality of references

Indicative Timeline