Workflow

JOAS has very different workflows compared to existing aerospace journals. We designed these new workflows to promote open reviewing, sharing, and reviewer recognition. The main differences are:

1. Once a manuscript passes the initial check, we publish the submission as preprint automatically.
• We will start with our platform but may switch to a different preprint service later.
2. The preprint allows reviews from a broader research community.
• We encourage authors to invite other researchers to join the discussion
• Community reviews are equally important as reviews from invited reviewers
3. All our reviews will be open reviews.
• Authors and invited reviewers' identities are both known.
• Our platform provide fully transparent discussions during the review.
4. The final reviews and responses will be published as a separate articles by the editors.
• This will makes the review report also citable.
• Reviewers will also benefit from this new research output. (i.e. reviewers are authors of this report)