Acceptance of a manuscript in the Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility is determined through a rigorous peer-reviewing process. After the Editor-in-Chief and Executive editors assign an editor, the assigned editor sends the manuscript to referees for peer-review. The assigned referees review the manuscript and their review results are reported to the Editor-in-Chief. Finally, the Editor-in-Chief notifies the review results to the corresponding author(s). If there is any objection to the review results, corresponding author(s) can appeal within 60 days after being notified. The Editor-in-Chief has the obligation to notify the results after one more review.