The Journal of Speech Sciences (JSS) is an open access journal which follows the principles of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), meaning that its readers can freely read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of any article electronically published in the journal. Contributions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers, though the final decision as to publication is taken by the two editors. The primary language of the Journal is English. Contributions in Portuguese, Spanish and in French are also accepted, provided a 1-page abstract in English be provided. The goal of this policy is to ensure a wide dissemination of quality research written in these three Romance languages.

The evaluation process consists of four stages, namely

1. Preliminary analysis by the editors and editorial assistant to verify the adequacy to the general instructions defined by the editorial policy;
2. Analysis of similarity in all documents submitted through the Turnitin platform;
3. Preliminary analysis by the editors as to the journal's focus and scope, as well as the relevance and contribution of the text;
4. Forwarding for double-blind review.

The articles that reach the third stage of the evaluation process will be sent to the referees (at least two) whose names will remain confidential, as well as the authors' names will be withheld from the referees, thus ensuring the double-blind criterion (blind review). Under no circumstances will the authors be identified by the reviewers. Thus, it is essential, when submitting the article in the system, to observe the guarantee of anonymity, excluding any explicit reference to the authors, such as: name citation, reference to published works of authorship or co-authorship.