Believers Journal of Health Sciences (BJHS) follows a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to support fairness, confidentiality, high academic quality, and completely independent evaluation of submitted manuscripts. Under this model, the identities of authors are hidden from reviewers, and the identities of reviewers are hidden from authors throughout the entire cycle.
Each submitted manuscript undergoes an initial internal desk evaluation across six core criteria fields before advancing to peer panels:
* Non-compliant files are returned instantly for correction or declined before external review.
Manuscripts passing the initial desk gates are dispatched to a minimum of two independent external peer reviewers possessing deep subject matter expertise. Review panels are selected on the basis of domain qualifications and the absolute absence of professional or institutional conflicts of interest. Evaluation cycles are handled with absolute confidentiality, and experts supply evidence-based comments to support quality improvement loops.
If modifications are requested, authors receive anonymized expert memos. Resubmitted bundles must contain:
Revised manuscripts face handling editor assessment and may be routed back to original or alternative review panels.
Final publication rights are determined exclusively by the Editor-in-Chief based on five decision tracks:
Independence Shield: Decisions rely purely on scholarly and ethical merit. Author identity, affiliation, nationality, funding links, or corporate status hold zero weight inside decision tracks.
Reviewers are strictly bound to keep manuscript tracks confidential, state competing interests immediately, and evaluate papers exclusively inside their qualified zone of expertise. Leveraging unpublished text info for professional or personal gain is strictly barred.
Generative AI Ban: Reviewers and editors are **strictly prohibited** from uploading unpublished manuscripts, review comments, or author text blocks into public generative AI tools or automated external systems, ensuring intellectual confidentiality remains fully uncompromised.
BJHS maintains uncompromised independence across all channels. Review outputs remain protected against advertising loops, funding pressures, commercial groups, or institutional demands. Clashed roles are reallocated instantly to neutral handling units.
This policy page undergoes continuous tracking and updates to ensure complete alignment with emerging international publication ethics, COPE standards, and digital safety frameworks. Updates activate instantly upon site placement.