Peer Review Process

INTEK will publish the only paper strictly following INTEK guidelines and manuscript preparation. Those papers are read by editorial members (upon field of specialization) and will be screened by Managing Editor to meet necessary criteria of INTEK publication. Manuscripts will be sent to two peer-reviewers based on their historical experience in reviewing manuscript or based on their field of specialization. INTEK has reviewing forms in order to keep same items reviewed by two reviewers. Then editorial board will make a decision upon the reviewers comments or advice. Reviewers will give their assessment on originality, clarity of presentation, contribution to the field/science, INTEK has four kind of decisions:.

  • Accepted, as it is
  • Accepted by Minor Revisions (let authors revised with stipulated time)
  • Accepted by Major Revisions (let authors revised with stipulated time)
  • Declined (generally, on grounds of outside of scope and aim, major technical description problems, lack of clarity of presentation)

For checking Plagiarism, INTEK Editorial Board will screen plagiarism using iThenticate Program maximum 30%. If it is found plagiarism indication, editorial board will reject manuscript immediately.

Before publishing, it is required to obtain written confirmation from authors in order to acquire copyrights for papers published in the journal. Authors must sign the Cover Letter and Copyright Transfer Agreement form as follows: The undersigned hereby transfer any and all rights in and to the paper including without limitation all copyrights to INTEK. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the paper is original and that he/she is the author of the paper, except for material that is clearly identified as to its original source, with permission notices from the copyright owners where required. The undersigned represents that he/she has the power and authority to make and execute this assignment. This agreement is to be signed by at least one of the authors who have obtained the assent of the co-author(s) where applicable.