Articles and/or metadata would be indexed by the following aggregators:

1. Google Scholar
2. Crossref
3. CiteSeerX
4. DBLP
5. CORE
6. EbSCO Host
7. CNKI
8. Dimensions
9. BASE

Submission

To submit a manuscript, you first have to register. After registration, your login details is emailed to you. Then you can login to submit your manuscript. This is the process for any submission- registration first. But if you have previously registered to the field you want to submit to, then you can use your past login details.

Please note: you select a field of specialization during registration. Hence, the login details is only valid for that field which it was generated for, and it would always take you to that field. If next time, you wish to submit to another field, you would need to register to get new login details for that field. Registration is easy and takes two minutes only. If you are not sure, check the login details you received, it contains the field it was generated for.

Every submission is automatically time/date stamped to protect the author, and saved in our repository; but only accepted papers are published. Please ensure you have done your plagiarism check before submitting to the platform. Kindly refer to the "guide for authors" document for detailed information.

High quality requirement

Kindly ensure that your paper is in the highest possible standard before you submit to the platform. Take your time and put in the effort to prepare your paper. This could guarantee a better outcome for you.

Also, we have a requirement that authors submit cutting-edge research to the platform. We want to publish papers that address significant research questions, that advance knowledge, that innovate and that solve critical problems. Kindly ensure that your research question is very significant and original, that your methods and techniques are thorough, and that the research is well presented, with sufficent facts, figures, data, references, if and where necessary. We frown at duplicated research/topics, that add no value to the field, or that are bereft of intellectual and scientific quality/rigour. We happily welcome the submission of high quality manuscripts to the platform.

Peer review process

Submitted manuscripts appear on a digitized peer review page, and professors are notified. Three professors (two reviewers, and one editor) would commit to evaluate [Review 1] your paper. They have 21 days to submit their feedbacks. Previously 25 days but was standardized to 21 days. You would be notified when [Review 1] is complete.

After Review 1, login to download the feedbacks. The download dumps 2 documents to your computer. The first document contains the feedbacks from the 3 reviewing professors, and the second document is the edited version of your paper. Use them to revise your manuscript and resubmit. Revision and resubmission should be done within few weeks, ideally 2 weeks. Your revised manuscript would be checked [Review 2] by the same editor and peer reviewers. If you have sufficiently improved your paper, it should be approved at this [Review 2] stage. 

If not, you would be notified for another revision. Revise and resubmit your manuscript for [Review 3]. This is the final review stage. There is no further revision after [Review 3]. Your manuscript is either accepted or rejected at [Review 3]. Hence, before resubmitting, it is important that you revise your manuscripts to a very good standard, as advised by the reviewers and the editor. You should also keep to time and resubmit within the allocated time. This helps in ensuring an efficient peer review process for you and for the professors who are evaluating your manuscript. Delays are usually flagged up and they do not reflect well on the author. Feel free to contact us for any issues whatsoever, or to offer suggestions to improve the platform/process. You can email us, or for urgent situations, you can Whatsapp us. We are available 24/7.

Geo-targeting 

During submission of manuscripts, authors can choose between "global peer review" and "regional peer review". Global peer review means that your manuscript would be evaluated by experts from anywhere in the world. And regional peer review means that your manuscript would be evaluated by experts from your continent/region. When choosing, you need to take certain factors into consideration, as advised in the guide for authors document. We believe that stratifying peer review into global and regional peer review allows less developed continents evaluate and publish research that is at their level of development. We happily introduce the world to a formal stratification of peer review. 

Payment

Independent peer review on the Unified Scholars Platform is a service. This means you will make payment, so that we can pay the professors who evaluate your manuscript and the publishers who publish it.

Before you submit your manuscript, please make sure that you have money to pay the fees. Payment would be made in two installments, not at once. This ensures that authors only pay for what they get. There is no payment during submission; but you would make one payment during resubmission [during Review 2], and another after your paper is accepted for publication. The article processing fee is $1250 ; paid in two installments.

• During first resubmision, $750 is due for payment. 
• When your paper is accepted, the balance of $500 is due for payment.  

You pay during the first resubmission [Review 2]; but for the second resubmission [Review 3], there is no payment. During resubmission, please be patient for the Paypal or Stripe systems to load up. Do NOT hastily navigate away from the page after resubmission. If you resubmit without the payment, your paper is held in pending and isn't available for further peer review. Hence, make sure the first installment of $750 is paid during first resubmission.

The second installment or balance of $500 is payable after your paper is accepted for publication. If your paper is rejected, you do not pay the second installment. This model ensures that you only pay for what you get. 

It also ensures that the peer reviewers get paid for the service they render, in all fairness. 

Note: if payment is not made, your paper would NOT be available for peer review. It would be submitted, but kept in pending, until payment is received. So, non-payment delays your manuscript as well as the profesors who have committed to evaluate it. In fact, it has serious knock-on effect and hinders efficient service. Hence, we frown strongly at it. And we reserve the right to bar authors who do not pay or who delay payment. The fee is affordable and is payable in two installments; there is no reason to disrupt the service with delays or non-payment. Note also, that the payment link is active for few hours only. If you have any issues with payment, kindly email admin@unifiedscholars.org , or send us a whatsapp message.

Kindly refer to the guide for authors document for datailed guidance. And we welcome you to the new way to publish.