Overview
This policy applies to abstracts, conference papers, proceedings submissions and other scholarly materials evaluated directly for UF-AALR academic events.
Initial Screening
Submissions may be screened for relevance, completeness, originality, basic scholarly quality, ethical concerns, formatting and compliance with the conference requirements.
Peer Review
Where peer review is required, UF-AALR seeks reviewers with relevant subject expertise. Reviews should be objective, constructive, confidential and free from inappropriate influence. The review model may vary by event and should be stated in the relevant call for papers.
Decisions
Decisions may include acceptance, acceptance subject to revision, redirection to another track or rejection. Decisions are based on academic merit, relevance, methodological quality, ethical compliance and available program capacity.
Proceedings
Proceedings inclusion may require presentation, registration, completion of revisions and submission of final files. ISBN, DOI or other identifiers, where used, are bibliographic or persistent identifiers and must not be represented as database indexing.
Journal Opportunities
Selected high-quality papers may be invited or referred for consideration by suitable Scopus- or Web of Science-indexed journals, where available. Such referral is not journal acceptance; the journal independently determines peer review, revisions, fees, acceptance and publication.
Appeals
Reasoned concerns about UF-AALR conference or proceedings decisions may be sent to contactuf.aalr@gmail.com. Appeals concerning an independent journal must be directed to that journal or publisher.