IITM Journal of Management and IT is a blind peer reviewed journal. IITM follows utmost standards of publication ethics to avoid publication malpractices. The practice of peer review is to ensure that only good research work is published. All manuscripts submitted are peer reviewed following the procedure outlined below:

All manuscripts submitted are first evaluated by the editors and plagiarism is checked through plagiarism software. Editor can reject manuscript at this stage on the ground of originality, poor grammar or language comprehension, or are outside the aims and scope of the journal. Rejection of manuscripts at this stage will be informed to authors within 1-2 weeks of receipt.

At the next stage, accepted manuscripts are passed on to at least 2 experts for review. Here we follow blind review process, wherein the author and reviewer remain anonymous throughout the process.

Reviewer evaluates the manuscript on the following parameters.

CONTENT:
Engagement with title
Abstract describing paper content
Relevance of the topic in present context
Consistent and appropriate theoretical framework
Methodology
Research methods used
Originality or novelty of approach

STYLE:
Quality of writing
Structure of argument
Paragraph and sentence structure
Appropriate phrasing and grammar

PRESENTATION:
Handling of primary and/or secondary source material
Referencing and bibliographic material
Formatting
Spelling and Punctuation
Legibility of figures/tables and photos
Appropriateness of figures/tables and photos
Presentation of empirical data (where applicable)

Reviewer Recommendation:
Accepted without revision
Accepted subject to minor revision
Accepted subject to major revision
Rejected

Recommendations made by the reviewers, which usually includes verbatim comments are passed on to author/s. Author/s are requested to submit revised manuscripts within the given time frame.

A final decision to accept or reject the manuscript will be sent to the author within 2-3 weeks of receipt of revised manuscript.