🔍 Initial Manuscript Screening

All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial screening before peer review.

The editorial team checks:

• Alignment with the journal’s aims and scope
• Manuscript structure and presentation
• Compliance with the journal’s author guidelines
• Completeness of required submission information
• Quality and relevance of the research
• Ethical requirements, where applicable
• Potential plagiarism or inappropriate text reuse

Manuscripts that do not meet essential requirements may be returned to the authors for correction or rejected before external peer review.

🧠 Plagiarism and Similarity Screening

Manuscripts are screened using Turnitin or an equivalent similarity-detection system.

The editorial team evaluates similarity reports carefully and does not rely solely on a numerical similarity score. Cases involving suspected plagiarism, substantial inappropriate overlap, duplicate publication, or other forms of unacceptable text reuse are handled according to the LQP Plagiarism Policy and Publication Ethics Policy.

📊 Double-Blind Peer Review

All journals published by Lumina Quest Publishing (LQP) follow a double-blind peer review process.

Manuscripts that pass initial screening are evaluated by 4-5 independent reviewers with relevant subject expertise.

The identities of authors and reviewers are kept confidential throughout the peer review process. Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, and scientifically appropriate assessments.

🚫 Editorial Assessment

Editors evaluate manuscripts throughout the review process and consider:

• Scientific and academic quality
• Originality and significance
• Methodological soundness
• Quality of data and analysis
• Validity of conclusions
• Ethical compliance
• Reviewer comments and recommendations
• Authors’ responses to reviewer comments

The final editorial decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief or designated handling editor.

🔄 Research and Publication Ethics

LQP maintains quality by requiring compliance with applicable research and publication ethics standards.

Depending on the type of research, manuscripts may be assessed for:

• Ethical approval or institutional review
• Informed consent
• Human participant protection
• Animal welfare
• Clinical trial registration
• Conflicts of interest
• Authorship and contributorship
• Data integrity
• Research misconduct
• Duplicate publication
• Appropriate source acknowledgment

Concerns relating to research or publication misconduct may be investigated in accordance with the relevant LQP policies and recognized ethical guidance, including COPE and ICMJE guidance where applicable.

🧑‍🔬 Reference and Citation Quality

The editorial and production teams encourage accurate and complete references.

Where applicable, DOI information is checked and reference metadata is deposited with Crossref to support accurate bibliographic identification and citation linking.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that references are accurate, relevant, and appropriately cited.

🧪 Author Information and Metadata Verification

Before publication, relevant article information is checked to help ensure accurate publication metadata, including:

• Article title
• Author names
• Author affiliations
• ORCID information, where provided
• Abstract
• Keywords
• References
• DOI
• Corresponding author information

Corrections are made where necessary before final publication.

⚖️ Editorial and Language Quality

Accepted manuscripts undergo appropriate editorial and production checks before publication.
These may include review of:

• Grammar and language
• Formatting
• Tables and figures
• References
• Headings and section structure
• Citation consistency
• Article layout
• Publication metadata

The level of editorial or language support may vary depending on the manuscript and journal requirements.

📌 Proofreading and Author Verification

Before final publication, authors may receive a proof for verification.
Authors are expected to carefully check the proof for errors in:

• Author names
• Affiliations
• Article content
• Tables and figures
• References
• Corresponding author information

Any necessary corrections should be communicated to the editorial or production team within the specified timeframe.

📌 Final Production Quality Check

Before an article is published online, the production team conducts a final quality check of the publication files and metadata.
This may include verification of:

• Final article PDF
• XML or structured metadata, where applicable
• DOI
• Article metadata
• References
• Page information
• Figures and tables
• Online article presentation

The objective is to ensure that the published version is complete, consistent, and accurately represented across the journal platform and relevant metadata services.

📌 Corrections and Post-Publication Quality Control

LQP recognizes that errors may occasionally be identified after publication.
When a significant error is identified, the journal may publish an appropriate correction, clarification, or other post-publication notice in accordance with its Corrections and Retractions Policy.

Serious issues affecting the reliability or integrity of the published record may result in further investigation and, where justified, retraction or another appropriate editorial action.

📌 Continuous Quality Improvement

LQP continuously reviews its editorial and publishing procedures to improve the quality, integrity, and efficiency of its journals.

Feedback from authors, reviewers, editors, and readers may be considered when improving editorial workflows and publication practices.

LQP aims to ensure that quality control remains an ongoing process rather than a single check performed before publication.

📌 Applicability to LQP Journals

This Quality Control System applies to all journals published by Lumina Quest Publishing (LQP).

LQP is committed to maintaining a consistent, transparent, and rigorous quality control framework across its publishing program while respecting the specific academic requirements of each journal.