Editorial Roles and Responsibilities
If an author disagrees with an editorial decision (e.g., rejection), a formal appeal may be submitted via email to the editorial office. The appeal must include:
Editorial Board Members/Associate Editors: Manage the peer-review process within their areas of expertise, select reviewers, and provide recommendations based on review reports.
Managing Editor/Editorial Assistant: Conducts initial manuscript screening (including plagiarism check, format compliance, preliminary ethical compliance), manages routine communication with authors and reviewers, and coordinates the production workflow.
Independence in Decision-Making
Editorial decisions are independent of advertising, sponsorship, or APC revenue. All editorial decisions regarding acceptance, rejection, or revision are based strictly on the manuscript's academic quality, originality, methodological rigor, and relevance to the journal's scope. Decisions are free from interference by the author's race, gender, nationality, religion, institutional affiliation, or any commercial interests. Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts authored by themselves, family members, or close colleagues, and delegate such manuscripts to other editors.
Indexing & Abstracting
Journal indexing and abstracting information is listed on each journal homepage and updated periodically.