Date of Conference24 July 2026VenueGoa, India + Online (Hybrid)HostSITER Academy
Call For Paper Call For Doctoral Consortium Conference Tour:Goa
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ICETBDT

1st International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Business Digital Transformation
For Author’s & Program Committee

Peer-Review Guidelines

The ICETBDT peer-review policy serves as a guideline for authors and for the Programme Committee. Peer review is a crucial process to confirm the originality, relevance and validity of submitted manuscripts; the Programme Committee shall take extra care over each submission. The ICETBDT peer-review procedure is double-blind.
Key Features:
>> Manuscripts submitted to ICETBDT must be original, relevant, and within the scope of the ICETBDT Call for Papers. Manuscripts that fall outside the defined scope will not be sent for peer review.

>> The ICETBDT Technical Committee evaluates each paper’s relevance and contribution to the scientific community, considering technicality, literature, methodology, results, references, and other factors.

>> Authors are notified promptly of acceptance or rejection along with constructive feedback from the peer-review team. All submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential throughout the review process.

>> Papers accepted at ICETBDT will undergo a second-stage editorial review by the Research Fronts journal editorial board before final publication in the journal.
ICETBDT Peer Review

Decisions

Peer review decisions are detailed below.

01. Accept [Minor Edits]

The paper is acceptable for publication as it is. However, we encourage authors to carefully reviewing the feedback and suggestions provided by the Editor/ Reviewer to incorporate all necessary comments prior to the camera-ready submission.

02. Conditional Accept [Major Edits]

Conditional acceptance means major updates required before resubmission. The paper has potential but requires updates before it is suitable for. The authors will receive detailed feedback that they will be able to utilize to update their article accordingly.

03. Reject

The paper is not suitable for publication and updates are too extensive to improve the manuscript. Future submissions of the paper will not be accepted. However, we encourage such authors to consider a new research topic for the consideration in future.

How to Improve Your Work?

Feedback Guidelines

The ICETBDT technical committee will consider the following for the decision making on your paper.

Constructive Feedback

The committee will give you a very specific feedback and suggestions for the improvement, rather than just pointing you mistakes.

No personal opinions

The comments will be given based on observable data/facts and not based on personal opinions.

Paper Relevance

Thoroughly evaluate the paper’s relevance and its contribution to the scientific community. And thoroughly access all aspects of the paper including the technicality, literature, relevance, methodology, result, conclusion and references.

Validity of Result

Thoroughly check appropriateness of the methodology, the validity of the results and the adequacy of the data analysis.

Other Considerations

The committee ensure that the research is ethical and well organized. The committee will highlight both strength and weakness of the research paper.