How are the contributions refereed?
Once contributors have sent copies to the University of Queensland MIA office, MIA’s editor will consider the submission and if it’s suitable for the journal will send it to three knowledgeable referees, at least one of which is a member of the board. The reviewers are asked to acknowledge the strengths of the article as well as make suggestions for improvement. When the reports are received, the editor sends a consolidated message back to the author incorporating the various comments and making a decision in cases of disagreement. This will include a basic message that we are either accepting the paper as is (very rare), accepting it with minor revisions, provisionally accepting it following major revisions or rejecting it. Sometimes the editor will send the revised version back to one or more reviewers for further comment. Even following such major revision there is no guarantee that the paper will be published.
