After the EJCBR editor receives a manuscript, the first step is to confirm that the manuscript meets the journal’s rules for the scientific content and the EJCBR format as well as the similarity check (plagiarism by iThenticate®) which should be less than 15%. If the manuscript meets the journal’s rules, the editor then shall assign it to the double-blind peer-review process. The EJCBR editor shall send the manuscript to at least two experts in the field for RIGOROUS scientific evaluation. The experts– peer reviewers – will then prepare independent reports that assess the manuscript and return it to the editor through the EJCBR portal. Upon the first submission, this reviewing process takes about 4 to 6 weeks. After reading the peer reviewer's report, the editor will decide one of the following four options:

1-    Reject the manuscript.

2-    Accept the manuscript

3-    Ask the authors to revise the manuscript and resubmit the manuscript after responding to the minor/major critiques of the peer reviewers.

4-    Assign additional reviewers.

If the authors resubmit the manuscript after revision and addressing all reviewers’ critiques, the EJCBR editor will ask the same peer-reviewers to reassess the manuscript to confirm that their concerns have been addressed. This is called the re-review process. This revision takes about another 4 weeks. If the reviewers agree upon accepting the resubmitted version of the manuscript, the EJCBR Editor will accept the manuscript for publication. At this point, the abstract of the article appears in the press. The online publication (the PDF format) of the final version of the manuscript takes 1-2 weeks. As such, the total publication cycle takes from 4 to 6 weeks.

The peer-review process used by EJCBR includes comments on errors in the study’s methods or analysis that raise questions about the findings, or sections that need clearer explanations. The peer-review process also includes the importance and novelty of the manuscript and its interest to the journal’s audience. The IJCBR uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer's and author's identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. To facilitate this process, the authors are asked to submit 2 separate files: a Title Page containing the Author details in addition to a Blinded Manuscript with no author details.

In case the reviewer has a conflict of interest with the authors he or she should interform the EJCBR editor, reviewers shall treat the reviewed articles confidentially prior to and during the publication process.