Academic Peer Review

Human ↔ Human

Scholarly paper submission through editorial screening, parallel peer review, and revision cycles to publication.

6 nodes · 7 edgeseducation

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Submit Paperhuman

Author submits manuscript to journal via editorial system.

↓sequential→ Editorial Screening

Editorial Screeninghuman

Editor-in-chief screens for scope, quality, and formatting requirements.

↓parallel→ Reviewer A

↓parallel→ Reviewer B

Reviewer Ahuman

First peer reviewer evaluates methodology, results, and contribution.

↓sequential→ Editor Decision

Reviewer Bhuman

Second peer reviewer provides independent assessment and recommendations.

↓sequential→ Editor Decision

Editor Decisionhuman

Editor synthesizes reviews and decides: accept, revise, or reject.

↓conditional→ Publish

↓loop→ Submit Paper

Publishsystem

Accepted paper is typeset, assigned a DOI, and published online.

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uc-peer-review.osop.yaml

osop_version: "1.0"
id: "peer-review"
name: "Academic Peer Review"
description: "Scholarly paper submission through editorial screening, parallel peer review, and revision cycles to publication."

nodes:
  - id: "submit_paper"
    type: "human"
    subtype: "input"
    name: "Submit Paper"
    description: "Author submits manuscript to journal via editorial system."

  - id: "editorial_screen"
    type: "human"
    subtype: "review"
    name: "Editorial Screening"
    description: "Editor-in-chief screens for scope, quality, and formatting requirements."

  - id: "reviewer_a"
    type: "human"
    subtype: "review"
    name: "Reviewer A"
    description: "First peer reviewer evaluates methodology, results, and contribution."

  - id: "reviewer_b"
    type: "human"
    subtype: "review"
    name: "Reviewer B"
    description: "Second peer reviewer provides independent assessment and recommendations."

  - id: "editor_decision"
    type: "human"
    subtype: "review"
    name: "Editor Decision"
    description: "Editor synthesizes reviews and decides: accept, revise, or reject."

  - id: "publish"
    type: "system"
    subtype: "action"
    name: "Publish"
    description: "Accepted paper is typeset, assigned a DOI, and published online."

edges:
  - from: "submit_paper"
    to: "editorial_screen"
    mode: "sequential"
  - from: "editorial_screen"
    to: "reviewer_a"
    mode: "parallel"
  - from: "editorial_screen"
    to: "reviewer_b"
    mode: "parallel"
  - from: "reviewer_a"
    to: "editor_decision"
    mode: "sequential"
  - from: "reviewer_b"
    to: "editor_decision"
    mode: "sequential"
  - from: "editor_decision"
    to: "publish"
    mode: "conditional"
    when: "decision == 'accept'"
  - from: "editor_decision"
    to: "submit_paper"
    mode: "loop"
    when: "decision == 'revise'"
    label: "Revisions requested"

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