Articles submitted for review may be desk rejected by the editors upon initial submission if they do not satisfy the conditions outlined in these guidelines, including ethical standards and commitments to sharing data. Articles that are not desk rejected will be considered under a double-blind review process. To maintain the quality of the review process, authors of submitted manuscripts are expected to review future manuscripts for APSR. Editors may desk reject submissions of manuscripts by authors who repeatedly fail to provide invited reviews. Authors will be asked to agree to review at least two articles for the journal in the upcoming year as a condition of sending their article out for review.

More information on the the APSR peer review policy can be found here.