Peer Review Policy

We offer anonymous review, except where that is not possible due to the nature of the submission. Full articles are first checked by our editorial assistant for identifying information of any kind, including a review of all references; once that is done, potential articles are sent on to two members of the editorial staff who review the manuscripts for basics such as interest to our readers, appropriate content, adequate citation, potential impact on the field, length and so on.

If the manuscript is rejected at this point, the editor of TC will reach out to the author with comments. This is not a formal “revise and resubmit.” This should be read by the submitter as a rejection, but the editor’s comments will include reasons for our determination, and, if appropriate, other journals for which that article might be a better fit.

If the editorial staff are interested in potential publication of the article, it is then sent out to another member of the editorial board, or, in rare cases, to an outside reviewer. Generally, we wish to reduce the amount of gift labor to a minimum and so attempt to limit reviewing to board members, who can then make their work visible on their CVs and their work load documents.

In all cases, the peer reviewers’ identities are not available to potential authors.