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Editorial Policies

Peer Review Process

• Accepted papers will be uploaded and published on a rolling basis as soon as they become available.  

• Abstracts of articles should be provided (not more than 100 words long)
• Articles should be up to 8-12,000 words (inclusive of references). We will endeavour to have reviews back within 8 weeks. Re-reviews will be expected to be back within 2 weeks. All reviews are carried out anonymously.
• Book reviews should be up 2500 words (inclusive of references)
• Articles and book reviews should be provided in single line spacing, pitch 12, Times New Roman.
• Harvard Style referencing should be used with a separate document for the bibliography
• Articles should be submitted in duplicate – one anonymously and one with a contact sheet on front detailing name, affiliation and contact details and email. Articles should be submitted as Microsoft Word format (doc or docx)

CVIR applies a double-blind peer review. Referees remain anonymous for the author during the review procedure and the author’s name is removed from the manuscript under review.

Each article is first assessed by one of the editors from the editorial board and, if judged suitable for publication in CVIR, is sent to two external reviewers for a double-blind peer review. This process will take an average of 4-6 weeks. Based on their recommendations, editors then decide whether the paper should be accepted as is, revised or rejected. In case of revisions, a final decision on publication will be made after resubmission. If there is no agreement on the part of the editors, the issue editor will make the final decision.

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