Peer-review process

All manuscripts are critically reviewed by the editors, members of the editorial board, and/or peer reviewers according to their areas of expertise. Every manuscript received is circulated to three peer reviewers. Reviewers’ comments will be returned to the authors.

• - The acceptance criteria for all manuscripts are based on the quality and originality of the research and its clinical and scientific significance. The table below shows the criteria for decisions :

• Criteria  for decision	Acceptance	Acceptance  with revisions	Revise  and Resubmit	Rejection
  	90 - 100	80 - 89	70 - 79	≤ 69

  
  
• - For the first round of review, if all three reviewers recommend “Acceptance,” the Editorial Office will confirm “Accepted” without a second round of review; if at least one of the reviewers has different review results, the author(s) is asked to revise for the second round of review (see below for more details).
• - For the first round of review, based on the three reviewers’ comments, the Editorial Office’ decisions can be categorized as follows: Accepted, Accepted with Revisions, Revise-Resubmit, and Rejected.
• - Upon submission of the revised manuscript, the second round of review starts. The Editorial Office’s final decisions for the second round can be categorized as follows: Accepted, Rejected.
• - When the final revised manuscript is completely acceptable according to the KJPMHD format and criteria, it is scheduled for publication in the next available issue.