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
   • An leading editor is assigned
   • Optionally, we can also publish the submission as preprint
     
     • 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
2. Reviews are invited by the editors
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)