The Pan African Journal of Hospitality (PAJH) is committed to maintaining a rigorous, fair, transparent, and confidential peer-review process.
All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial assessment before being considered for external peer review.
Upon submission, the editorial office examines the manuscript for:
Manuscripts that do not meet the basic requirements may be returned to authors or rejected at the editorial stage.
Manuscripts considered suitable for review are assigned to qualified reviewers with relevant expertise.
Reviewers are selected based on their subject knowledge, research expertise, independence, and absence of conflicts of interest.
Reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on criteria including:
Following peer review, the editor may make one of the following decisions:
The final editorial decision takes into account the reviewers' assessments and the overall quality and suitability of the manuscript.
Where revisions are required, authors should respond carefully to reviewer comments and submit a revised manuscript within the specified period.
Manuscripts submitted to PAJH and the contents of peer-review reports are treated confidentially. Reviewers must not disclose or use unpublished information obtained through the review process.
Editors and reviewers must disclose any potential conflict of interest and should not participate in the evaluation of manuscripts where their impartiality may be compromised.
PAJH seeks to ensure that every manuscript is evaluated fairly and on the basis of its scholarly merit.