The primary function of the Editorial Review Board is to review research articles for approval to publish in the Journal. Members of the Board are occasional referees appointed by the Editor on intellectual advice and guidance provided by the Advisory Board members.
Members are selected to provide the editorial broad representation of backgrounds and affiliations needed to support the Editorial Policy. They review the stream of manuscripts that JPE receives. The editorial board endeavours to reach a decision on submitted articles within three months, and to publish accepted contributions within a year of acceptance.
The Editorial Board first evaluates submissions in-house, deciding whether to send them for blind peer review. If inappropriate, will be rejected at this stage.
If a manuscript passes this first stage, it is sent to peer reviewers, who are selected for a manuscript based on their corresponding area of expertise according to the Editorial Policy. The reviewers' scoring and comments are essential in two ways: (1) they guide our decision to publish (or not) and (2) authors use them to make revisions to their papers.
Manuscript will be checked against the following criteria:
1 Does the paper address the JoPE editorial policy to "question the methodological premises of economics as science"? YES/NO
IF 'NO', How could the author(s) change the draft?
2 Does the paper provide "a systematic, honest, and thoroughly researched account of an idea deemed fundamental for the advancement of the method of economic inquiry"? YES/NO
IF 'NO', How could the author(s) change the draft?
3 "The review process suggests that the paper should be accepted for publication in the JPE."/
"We, the reviewers, certainly disagree and recommend the paper be rejected outright."
"The critical reason for our verdict is..."
The Editor, under guidance from the Advisory Board, decides on the basis of the reviews whether to publish, reject or ask for a revise and resubmit. If asked, authors revise and resubmit the manuscript taking into account the peer reviewers' feedback. The process cannot take more than two months.
2007-2008 List of referees
Cornel Ban Gary Chartier Andy Denis Laurian Lungu Andrew Mearman Cristina Neesham
Ioana Negru Jack Reardon Joao Rodrigues Mihaela Zografi Adrian Walsh
