All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the e-mail to the editor at:

editor@japs-re.com

Authors are advised to follow the JAPS Authors’ Guide in preparing the manuscript before submission.

Review and Publication Process

A full double-blind refereeing process is used that comprises of the following steps.

• Manuscript is first screened by the Chief Editor
• Manuscript is sent to at least 2 reviewers for review.
• The Chief Editor make use of the reviewers' recommendations to determine whether a paper will be accepted / accepted subject to change / subject to resubmission with significant changes / rejected.
• After the author attends to the reviewers’ recommendations, the Chief Editor will re-send the revised/corrected manuscript to the same reviewers to check if the quality of the revised manuscript is acceptable to JAPS.
•  Once the manuscript is accepted for publication in JAPS, the Chief Editor will send a Manuscript Acceptance Letter to the Author/Corresponding Author and also notifying about the possible date of online publication.

JAPS will attempt to complete the review process in about 2 weeks.

Copyright

The manuscript copyrights for articles published in JAPS are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. JAPS is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. However, it is the author's responsibility to bring any infringement action if deemed fit by the author.

Publication fee

JAPS does not charge any publication fee to authors. All accepted manuscripts will be published online free of charge.