Members of the editorial board assume short and constructive evaluation of research articles.
Members of the editorial board read all project proposals within 8 days of their submission and decide whether to accept them for meta-review
Once a meta-reviewer has been assigned, this person reads the article to assess whether it should be submitted to the reviewers. This step exists to avoid undertaking in-depth assessment for a submission that would require excessive editing to be publishable. For acceptance by the meta-reviewer:
The topic must be relevant to the field of human–computer interaction.
The message of the submission must be clear, even for a non-specialist.
The paper must be reasonably well written (whether in French or English).
The layout of the paper must meet the criteria required for a research article; no judgement is passed on the validity of the methods used or scientific findings.
The authors are immediately informed on the decision concerning assessment.
If the assessment procedure is launched, the meta-reviewer will appoint reviewers. The reviewers must provide their evaluation within a maximum of two months.
