Ethics Complaints and Appeals Process

Daryaft  follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on appeals to journal editor decisions and complaints about a journal’s editorial management of the peer review process.

If you wish to appeal a journal editor’s decision, please submit an appeal letter to the journal’s online editorial office. Please address this to the editor and explain clearly the basis for an appeal. You should:

• Detail why you disagree with the decision. Please provide specific responses to any of the editor’s and/or reviewers’ comments that contributed to the reject decision.
• Provide any new information or data that you would like the journal to take into consideration.
• Provide evidence if you believe a reviewer has made technical errors in their assessment of your manuscript.
• Include evidence if you believe a reviewer may have a conflict of interest.