Peer Review Policy

Contemporary Swadeshi employs a rigorous double-blind peer review process. This means:

• The identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers throughout the review process.
• The identities of the reviewers are concealed from the authors.
• This ensures objective, transparent, and unbiased evaluation of manuscripts based solely on scholarly quality and scientific rigor.

Authors must ensure that all identifying metadata (names, institutional affiliations, self-citations) is removed from the blinded manuscript file before submission.

1. Editorial Screening: The Editor-in-Chief assesses scope alignment, plagiarism score, and formatting compliance within 5–7 days.
2. Reviewer Assignment: Manuscripts passing screening are assigned to at least two independent expert referees in the relevant subject area.
3. Review Period: Reviewers evaluate manuscripts within 3–4 weeks based on originality, methodology, and policy relevance.
4. Decision: The editor issues one of four outcomes: Accept, Minor Revisions, Major Revisions, or Reject.
5. Author Revision: Authors are provided 2–4 weeks to submit revisions with a point-by-point rebuttal letter.
6. Final Decision: The editorial board issues final acceptance upon satisfactory peer approval.

Reviewers are expected to evaluate manuscripts based on the following criteria:

• Originality: Does the paper present novel findings, empirical data, or original theoretical models?
• Methodology: Is the research methodology sound, verifiable, and clearly documented?
• Significance: Does the monograph contribute meaningfully to economic sovereignty or policy development?
• Clarity: Is the manuscript structured coherently with clear scholarly expression?
• References: Are citations up-to-date, relevant, and in compliant APA format?