Editors' and editorial board members' roles and responsibilities
Mainly, editors are in charge of upholding the journal's integrity and reputation.
- The editor should keep an eye out for inaccurate information. The editor must act quickly to correct the error by releasing an amendment as soon as it is discovered.
- Regarding reviewing and editorial policy, the editor must abide by the publisher's policy standards.
- To ensure the fairness, speed, completeness, and civility of the process, editors must keep a constant eye on the journal.
- Since the editor is in charge of the journal's general development and advancement, it is their responsibility to ensure that the issue is released on time.
- The editor takes action to incorporate all noteworthy advancements in the sector for the journal's expansion.
- can talk about the disputes and dispel any lingering questions.can talk about the debates and dispel any lingering questions about certain scientific practices or phenomena. For instance, gene editing, clinical trials, and surrogacy
Editor’s role towards Scientific Community
- The editor is responsible for ensuring that the manuscript's content and author information are readable.
- The paper must be evaluated to determine whether it is within the journal's scope.
- The journal's integrity must be upheld by proposing corrections, handling retractions, providing more data, etc.
- Making an attempt to draw in current and pertinent research to pique readers' attention
- should be followed by actions to deter unethical behavior such as plagiarism and copyright infringement.
- should take action to encourage dialogue and debate about significant scientific advancements and their social ramifications.
Towards the Journal
- After receiving the review comments, the editor makes the final choice regarding whether to approve or reject the article for publication.
- A manuscript's intellectual content should be the editor's primary consideration, regardless of the authors' gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, or political views.
- Depending on the necessity and processing stage, the editor or any editorial staff should protect the secrecy of the submitted manuscript, as well as the names and affiliations of the author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial consultants, and the publisher.
Standard Scheme of Editorial Processing of the Manuscripts
- The associated author's initial submission of the work
- Registration of the manuscript details, and creation of the manuscript number
- Within 72 hours, replying to the author with the appreciation and receipt
- Confirmation of adherence to the Journal's scope
- The Editor-in-The chief forwards the manuscript to the editor or assistant editor.
- Identifying the sort of article: Review, investigation, brief correspondence, case report, survey, expert opinion, and editor's letter
- Preliminary assessment of the article's quality. Originality and non-duplicity (screening for plagiarism)
- Finding possible and current reviewers and assigning them to the reviewers
- At least three impartial reviewers are screened by the managing editor.
- Obtaining the review comments in a 21-day period
- When the Managing Editor receives reviewer comments in the system, he or she can either recommend something to the Editor-in-Chief based on the reviews and his or her own judgment, or if there is disagreement, he or she can initiate a conversation among the reviewers. The Managing Editor, the Editor-in-Chief, and every reviewer participate in the conversation.
- The editorial board and chief editor consult before making a final decision (accept, re-review, minor revision, major revision, or rejection) based on the review comments. The manuscript would ultimately be disposed of in one of the following ways:
Accepted: With a few small mistakes or artifacts, it can be published as is for the time being.
Accept with minor revision: There won't be another round of review; the document will need to be slightly changed in response to the reviewers' feedback. Verifying that changes have been implemented is the responsibility of the Action Editor and/or the Editor in Chief.
Revise and resubmit: Although the topic is deemed worthy of publication, the paper needs significant modifications before it can be released. However, if a changed version is submitted within six months, it will likely be handled by the same Action Editor and will not be regarded as a whole new submission.
Rejected: The study is either too complex to understand, out of scope, or lacks any significant contributions. In any event, it is not appropriate to resubmit the same piece without significant improvisation.
- Once a consensus has been reached, the Managing Editor or Editor-in-Chief notifies the writers.
- Within seven days of the article being revised, the style sheet being applied, and the DOI number being assigned.
- Editing the manuscript's copy and creating the author-proof
- Creation of the galley proof and the author or authors' approval
- Displaying the volume, issue number, and publication year on the webpage
- Database archiving of the article