Editors Responsibilities
- Main duties of Editor-in-Chief:
- Rejecting manuscripts that are plagiarized, ghost-written, published elsewhere, or of little interest to readers i.e., do not fall within the scope of the journal (in first step).
- Developing the editorial board and editorial staff.
- Handling reader complaints and, if necessary, taking responsibility for issues after publication.
- Cross-checking facts.
- Final decision-making related to the journal topics and content, editing, and section.
- Main duties of Editorial Manager:
- Advise the Editor-in-Chief in decision-making regarding the suitability of publication for articles.
- Advise the Editor-in-Chief on issues such as plagiarism claims, AI-generated manuscripts, and any contentious submissions.
- Main duties of Associate Editor:
- Handling peer review; as first evaluation if they are appropriate to sending manuscripts to executive manager or reject them.
- Responsible for assessing manuscript quality, obtaining peer reviews, requesting revisions where appropriate, and making recommendations to the journal Editor about acceptance or rejection of a manuscript.
- Main duties of Assistant Editor:
- Assistant Editors work closely with authors and editors, supporting the editor with admin help and coordinating with other departments.
- Main duties of Editorial Board:
- Arranging hot topics or theme issues.
- Inviting potential authors and contributing articles themselves.
- Locating peer reviewers for a specific topic and providing a second opinion on papers whenever required.
- Main duties of Executive Manager:
- Sending manuscripts to determined reviewers.
- Ensuring final drafts are complete.
- Cross-checking spelling, grammar, writing style, page design, tables, figures and photos.
- Editing content and lay-out.
- Promote the Journal on local, national, and international academic and practice platforms.