REVIEW PROCESS
Diwan: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Arab is committed to maintaining the highest standards of review integrity and scholarly quality. All manuscripts that pass the initial editorial assessment will undergo double-anonymous peer review conducted by at least two independent experts.
The review process consists of three sequential stages:
Step 1: Initial Screening
The initial screening stage assesses the manuscript's compliance with the formal requirements set out in the Author Guidelines and the article template, using the Rubric for Initial Screening. At this stage, manuscripts will be immediately rejected if they do not fall within the journal's focus and scope or if the Turnitin similarity index exceeds 20%. Manuscripts that fall within the scope and pass the similarity check but do not meet all formal requirements will be returned to the author for revision. Manuscripts that satisfy all criteria will proceed to the Internal Review stage.
The Managing Editor completes the initial screening within one week of submission. Authors are given a maximum of one week to complete revisions at this stage. Revisions that fail to meet the required criteria will be declined.
Step 2: Internal Review
The internal review stage assesses the substantive quality of the manuscript's major sections — Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion — against the standards set out in the Author Guidelines. The purpose of this stage is to strengthen the manuscript's scholarly substance before it proceeds to external peer review, enabling reviewers to focus their assessment on the article's depth and quality.
The results of the internal review, in the form of specific suggestions and recommendations, are communicated to the author for revision. The internal review is conducted by Advisory Editors or the Editor-in-Chief within a maximum of one week. Authors are given a maximum of one week to complete revisions. Revisions that do not adequately address the reviewer's suggestions will be declined.
Step 3: Peer Review
The peer review stage subjects the manuscript to a rigorous evaluation of its scholarly substance, methodological soundness, and writing quality. All sections of the manuscript are reviewed and assessed by expert referees to maximize the article's contribution and impact as a published scholarly work. Reviewers provide detailed suggestions and recommendations, and revision requests to authors are classified as either Minor or Major.
Peer review is conducted by at least two anonymous reviewers, each an internationally recognized scholar with relevant expertise. The first round of review is completed within a maximum of three weeks; a second round (if required) is completed within a maximum of two weeks. Authors are given a maximum of three weeks for the first round of revisions and two weeks for the second round. All revisions must be documented concretely in the Revision Form. Revisions that do not adequately address the reviewers' recommendations will be declined.
