All manuscripts undergo a Double-blinded review process. It is ensured that the reviewers are unaware of the authors’ names or the research institutes. The article, once submitted, will undergo a thorough plagiarism check, and an initial check is conducted to ensure that all author instructions are complied with, and the guidelines for submission are followed. The manuscript may be returned to the author for corrections if required to conform to the journal instructions. Once the article is confirmed, it will undergo editorial review within 1 week. Following this, it will then be sent for peer review, which takes 3-4  weeks, and the authors will receive the mail from the Editor stating the final decision of the manuscript.

The Managing Editor, who runs the first level of material check, processes the manuscript for all components and approves for moving to the next level. On the next level, it is checked for suitability for the core readers of SRP by the Editor-in-Chief. Once found suitable, it is assigned to one of the Associate Editors on the editorial board. If the language and the grammar are incorrect, it will be sent first to the Scientific Language editor, who may suggest changes. If this happens, the manuscript will be sent back to the author for corrections and resubmission. Manuscripts not found suitable will not be sent out for review and will be immediately rejected, and authors informed. For articles describing original research in humans and animals, a letter of approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee must accompany these manuscripts or a letter stating that the Institutional Review Board had waived the need for informed consent. 

All research shall be conducted as per the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. (modified in 1983 – see https://www.wma.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DoH-Oct2013-JAMA.pdf). The research must adhere to the 5 principles of ethics of research: informed consent, voluntary participation, privacy and confidentiality, justice and beneficence, and right to review.