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tar-review-process

Use when understanding how The Accounting Review (TAR) review and decisions work, or when reading a TAR decision letter — the editor routing, double-blind two-reviewer model, decision types, and post-publication integrity rules. Explains and interprets the process; it does not draft the revision and response (tar-rebuttal).

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# Understanding TAR Review (tar-review-process)

## When to trigger

- You want to set realistic expectations before or after submitting to TAR
- A decision letter arrived and you need to read its signal before responding
- You are unsure who the Senior Editor / Lead Editor / Editor / Ad hoc Editor are in the process
- You want to know what "anonymity," "data authenticity," or "Expression of Concern" mean for you

## How TAR routes a manuscript

TAR uses a **tiered editor structure** distinct from INFORMS-style permanent departmental
area-editors:
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