CLLS treats each submission as a unique academic work. To ensure and maintain journal's high quality, CLLS sends each submission to two experts in the field for thorough evaluation; the article is assessed without any reference to the identity of the author (double blind peer-review). Prior to this, however, each article should pass a stage called first screening, done by the editor-in-chief. Should any article fail to pass this stage, the article will be returned to the author with notes explaining the reason for rejection.

NOTE:

• In special cases, an article will be sent to the third reviewer.
• Editor-in-chief's decision is based on evaluation forms, reviewers' thorough and detailed input, reviewers' comments; the decision is final.
• Reviewers must express any conflict of interest before accepting to review any submission.
• All reviewed submissions and concomitant evaluations are treated as confidential academic material, and will remain so even after the publication of the article.
• Authors are requested to pay 6,000,000 Iranian Rial (10 USD) when their paper is officially accepted for publication by the editorial board. Authors can alternatively apply for APC waiver.

Articles are accepted either as:

1. Accept as is (no changes);

2. Accept: Minor revision

3. Accept: Major revision

Rejected Articles will be archived confidentially.