Editors play a pivotal role in maintaining the journal's academic integrity and reputation. Their core responsibilities include:
- Ensuring Accuracy and Ethical Standards
- Vigilantly identifying and rectifying inaccuracies by issuing timely amendments.
- Adhering to the publisher's editorial and review policies.
- Overseeing the journal's processes to guarantee fairness, efficiency, and professionalism.
- Ensuring timely publication while driving the journal's growth and development.
- Integrating significant advancements in the field to enhance the journal's relevance.
- Addressing scientific controversies (e.g., gene editing, clinical trials, surrogacy) to clarify ambiguities and foster informed discourse.
Commitment to the Scientific Community
As part of our dedication to advancing scientific knowledge and maintaining the highest standards of academic publishing, we are committed to the following principles:
- Clarity and Relevance: Ensuring that all submitted manuscripts are clear, precise, and aligned with the journal's thematic focus and scholarly objectives.
- Editorial Integrity: Preserving the credibility of the journal by implementing timely corrections, issuing retractions, or publishing supplementary material as warranted by new findings or disclosures.
- Quality and Innovation: Proactively encouraging the submission of original, high-impact research that contributes meaningfully to ongoing scientific discourse and captivates the interest of a global readership.
- Ethical Vigilance: Actively preventing and addressing unethical conduct, including but not limited to plagiarism, data fabrication, and copyright infringement.
- Thought Leadership: Promoting informed dialogue on transformative scientific advancements and their broader implications for society, policy, and future research directions.
Editorial Oversight of the Journal
The editorial team upholds the highest standards of integrity, objectivity, and confidentiality in managing the journal's review and publication process. Key responsibilities include:
- Final Decision-Making: Making well-informed and impartial publication decisions based on the outcomes of rigorous peer review, ensuring that each manuscript is evaluated on its scientific quality and relevance.
- Unbiased Evaluation: Assessing submissions solely on the basis of academic merit, without discrimination based on the authors' gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or political beliefs
- Confidentiality Assurance: Safeguarding the confidentiality of all submitted materials, including manuscript content, author and reviewer identities, and all editorial communications throughout the review process.
Standard Editorial Workflow for Manuscript Processing
- Initial Submission : The corresponding author submits the manuscript.
- Registration : Manuscript details are logged, and a unique identifier is assigned.
- Acknowledgement : The author receives a confirmation within 72 hours.
- Scope Assessment : The editorial team verifies alignment with the journal's aims.
- Assignment : Upon submission, the Editor-in-Chief assigns the manuscript to an appropriate section editor or assistant editor based on subject relevance and expertise.
- Article Classification : Categorization by type (e.g., review, research article, case report, expert opinion).
- Preliminary Evaluation : Screening for originality and plagiarism.
- Reviewer Selection : Identification and assignment of at least three impartial reviewers.
- Peer Review : Reviewers submit feedback within 21 days.
- Decision Process
- The Managing Editor oversees the peer review process, carefully evaluating reviewer feedback and providing informed recommendations regarding the manuscript's suitability for publication.
- In cases of conflicting reviews, a discussion is initiated among reviewers, the Editor-in-Chief, and the Managing Editor.
- The ultimate decision—whether to accept, request revisions, or reject the manuscript—is made collaboratively, with input from the editorial board to ensure fairness, academic rigor, and alignment with the journal's standards.
- Possible Editorial Decisions:
- Accept as Is : Minor errors may remain but do not hinder publication.
- Accept with Minor Revisions : Requires adjustments without further review.
- Revise and Resubmit : Substantial revisions needed; resubmission within six months retains original handling.
- Reject : Manuscript is out of scope, lacks novelty, or requires significant restructuring for reconsideration.
- Author Notification : The Managing Editor or Editor-in-Chief communicates the decision.
- Post-Acceptance Process :
- Formatting, DOI assignment, and copyediting within seven days.
- Galley proof generation and author approval.
- Online publication with volume, issue, and year designation.
- Archiving in relevant databases.
