Editor Guidelines
Each editor in our journal manages the peer review of at least 15 submissions per year. Each submission will likely travel through multiple rounds of review (typically two to three rounds at most). Editors are asked by the editors-in-chief to serve as Editor at least 3 years and also it extern additional 3 years its depends on the interest of the particular editor and opinion of the editor-in-chief, during which the editors-in-chief rely on them to do the following:
- assign manuscripts to editorial board members for review;
- monitor the peer-review process to ensure fairness, timeliness, thoroughness, and civility.
- Fully service oriented and it is based on the unpaid (These positions are usually unpaid, but they offer important benefits. Your network will expand to include fellow editorial-board members around the country and the globe, and they could provide leads on professional opportunities or introduce you to new contacts in your discipline. You’ll also gain an insider’s view of publication dos and don’ts, which could accelerate your publication efforts with other journals and boost your marketability for hiring and promotions.)
The editors are empowered to make final editorial decisions regarding their assigned manuscripts after weighing comments from the reviewers.
- An editor should give unbiased consideration to all manuscripts offered for publication, judging each on its merits without regard to race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s).
- An editor should process manuscripts promptly.
- The editor has the responsibility and authority to accept a submitted paper for publication or to reject it. The editor may confer with the editor-in-chief as well as Editorial Board Member or ad hoc reviewers for an evaluation to use in making this decision.
- The editor should confirm that the author has correctly identified the manuscript type for the manuscript they are submitting to ensure the correct peer-review template is used.
- The editor and the editorial staff should not disclose any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than their editor-in-chief, reviewers, potential reviewers, and an editorial administrator.
- An editor should respect the intellectual independence of authors.
- Editorial responsibility and authority for any manuscript authored by an editor and submitted to the editor’s journal will be handled by one of the other editors of that journal. Editors should avoid situations of real or perceived conflicts of interest.
- Editors should avoid situations of real or perceived conflicts of interest.
- Unpublished information, arguments, or interpretations disclosed in a submitted manuscript should not be used in an editor’s own research except with the consent of the author.
- Editors should inform their editor-in-chief if they have ethical questions or concerns about a reviewer’s behavior or about ethical aspects of a work.
Editor Qualifications
Editors should meet the following criteria:
- have research interests in common with the Mission & Scope of the journal
- have a record of published research in scholarly journals, including serving as lead author
- be well-respected in the research community and be actively involved in research
- have substantial experience in reviewing manuscripts
- have a willingness to drive journal activities
- willing to work in service oriented