Peer Review Process

CYBERSHIELD applies double-blind peer review: reviewers and authors remain anonymous to each other.

1. Submission & technical checkThe editorial office checks scope, template compliance, completeness and similarity (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 reviewers evaluate novelty, methodology, analysis and references. 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 (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 the January or July issue.

Review Criteria

• Novelty and significance of the contribution
• Technical soundness of the method
• Experimental design: datasets, metrics, recent baselines and ablations
• Reproducibility: implementation details, data and code availability
• Clarity of writing, figures, tables and references

Indicative Timeline