1. Referees of JPAST shall follow the review process which shall be defined in the Publications Services and Products Broad Operations Manual.

2. There shall be a review process of manuscripts by independent referees who are conversant in the pertinent subject area.

3. Every referee will submit a written comment on the technical aspect of content.

4. Referees shall treat the contents of papers under review as privileged information not to be disclosed to others before publication. It is expected that no one with access to a paper under review will make any inappropriate use of the special knowledge which that access provides.

5. Editor(s) is not bound to accept referee’s comment for publication.

6. In case of any dispute the decision of Managing Director will be final.