Manuscripts submitted for special issues of ACIJ follow the same peer review standards and procedures as manuscripts submitted for regular issues. All special issue submissions are subject to initial editorial screening, plagiarism and similarity checks, double-blind peer review by at least two independent subject-matter experts, revision where required, and final editorial approval before publication.
Guest editors, where appointed, may assist with identifying suitable reviewers and managing the thematic focus of the special issue; however, all manuscripts must meet the journal’s normal scholarly, ethical, methodological and editorial standards. The final decision to accept, request revisions, or reject a special issue manuscript rests with the Chief Editor or the assigned editorial authority of ACIJ. This ensures that special issue articles are evaluated with the same level of rigour, fairness, confidentiality and quality control as articles published in regular issues.