Sapientia Filipina: Review of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (SFREMS) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of scholarly publishing through a rigorous, fair, transparent, and independent peer review process. Every manuscript submitted to the journal undergoes a comprehensive editorial assessment followed by expert peer review to evaluate its originality, scholarly merit, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal's aims and scope.

The peer review process is designed to ensure the publication of high-quality research while providing authors with constructive feedback that enhances the clarity, validity, and scholarly contribution of their work. Editorial decisions are based solely on academic merit and are free from commercial, institutional, political, or personal influence.

SFREMS employs a double-blind peer review system.

The double-blind review process minimizes potential bias and promotes impartial evaluation across the journal's multidisciplinary areas of publication.

Upon submission, each manuscript undergoes an initial assessment by the Editorial Office and the Editor-in-Chief before being sent for external review.

The editorial screening evaluates whether the manuscript:

Manuscripts that fail to satisfy these preliminary requirements may be returned to the authors for revision or declined without external peer review.

Manuscripts that successfully complete editorial screening are assigned to at least two independent expert reviewers with demonstrated expertise in the relevant discipline.

Reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on criteria including:

Reviewers are encouraged to provide objective, constructive, and evidence-based comments that assist both the authors and the editors in improving the quality of submitted manuscripts.

Reviewers are selected based on their:

Authors may recommend qualified reviewers during submission; however:

Reviewers must disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest before accepting a review assignment.

Following peer review, the Editor-in-Chief or assigned Academic Editor considers the reviewers' recommendations together with the overall scholarly quality of the manuscript before making an editorial decision.

Possible editorial decisions include:

The Editor-in-Chief retains final responsibility for all publication decisions.

Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit rather than reviewer recommendations alone.

When revisions are requested, authors are expected to:

Major revisions may be returned to the original reviewers or additional reviewers for further evaluation.

Failure to respond adequately to reviewer comments may result in rejection of the manuscript.

Peer reviewers are expected to:

Reviewers should promptly notify the Editorial Office if they identify:

Editors are responsible for:

Editors must not use unpublished manuscript information for personal benefit.

All manuscripts submitted to SFREMS are treated as confidential documents.

Editors, reviewers, Editorial Board members, and journal staff must not:

Confidentiality is maintained throughout and after the peer review process.

Where concerns arise regarding research integrity, publication ethics, authorship, conflicts of interest, or other ethical matters, the Editorial Office may:

Editorial actions are undertaken fairly, transparently, and proportionately.

SFREMS is committed to conducting peer review as efficiently as possible while maintaining rigorous editorial standards.

Although review timelines may vary depending on reviewer availability and manuscript complexity, the Editorial Office strives to provide timely communication to authors throughout the editorial process.

Authors will be informed promptly of significant delays whenever possible.

Sapientia Filipina: Review of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (SFREMS) is dedicated to maintaining a rigorous, ethical, transparent, and efficient peer review system that promotes academic excellence, research integrity, and interdisciplinary scholarship. Through collaboration with qualified editors and independent reviewers, the journal seeks to ensure that every published article meets internationally recognized standards of scholarly quality and contributes meaningfully to the advancement of education and multidisciplinary research.

This Peer Review Process has been developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles of publication ethics, editorial independence, transparency, and responsible scholarly publishing and is aligned with:

SFREMS periodically reviews and updates this Peer Review Process to ensure continued alignment with evolving international standards for publication ethics, editorial transparency, research integrity, and responsible open-access scholarly publishing.