Who Are Editors?

The Journals operate under the guidance of an Editorial Board, providing expert advice on content, attracting new authors, and encouraging submissions. Editorial board members play a crucial role in the scholarly publishing process. They are experts in their respective fields who are entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring the quality, integrity, and relevance of the content published in a Journal. This is almost always an honorary position, although board members sometimes provide peer reviews of submissions. A member may be asked to review several manuscripts per year and may edit a special issue.
The Editorial Board, or (Editorial) Advisory Board, is a team of experts in the Journal's field. Editorial Board members:

What Makes You An Editor?

Editorial Roles

The success of any Journal hinges on its dedicated editorial team. At STM, we are proud to boast a diverse group of experts who drive quality, innovation, and impact in their respective fields.

Whether you're an aspiring author, seasoned researcher, or simply curious about the publishing process, this section delves into the roles and responsibilities of our editorial team. Discover how they ensure excellence at every stage, from manuscript submission to publication and beyond.

Ready to learn more about their specific roles and how they contribute to STM's commitment to scholarly excellence?

Interested individuals can these detailed steps to express their interests or apply through the APID platform:

Update your Editorial Profile

You can review and update your personal and professional details through your editor profile on the APID platform. Your editor profile is directly linked to the information displayed on the Journal homepage, ensuring that any updates you make now or in the future will automatically reflect on the Journal homepage

Role of Publisher

The publisher plays a vital role in supporting the editorial board in managing the Journal effectively, ensuring the publication of high-quality research, and maximizing its impact and reach within the academic community.

Role of Journal Manager

The publisher plays a vital role in supporting the editorial board in managing the Journal effectively, ensuring the publication of high-quality research, and maximizing its impact and reach within the academic community.

Peer Review Overview

All articles submitted to us are subject to a stringent reviewing process for considering a manuscript for publication. These submitted manuscripts are edited by acknowledged experts in their respective fields the reviewer is assigned by the Journal editor. An editor can decide whether to not to send a manuscript for review and handle the review process by themselves.
All articles submitted to us are subjected to a stringent reviewing process for considering a manuscript for publication. Initially, the article undergoes a pre-acceptance stage where the Journal’s Managing Editor will check the article's suitability according to the focus and scope of the Journal, plagiarism check, and manuscript formatting. If the article finds suitable for further processing, Managing Editor will give a pre-Article Processing Charges acceptance clearance to the author and assign the Reviewer/ Expert Editor from the editorial board for peer review. The Managing Editor will ensure that the article may get at least 2 reviewer reports. Any flaw or error detected during the process will intimate the author for modification or revision of the content.

For the assessment, STM has stringent guidelines that make certain that only a good-quality manuscript is published. Journal also has an editorial form and a checklist to help the editorial board members evaluate the content for its authenticity and closely look at the methodology that you have adopted, reviewers also check for the structure of the manuscript and if you have referenced the articles correctly. Based on these stringent guidelines, the academic editor will make the final decision and recommend the managing editor to publish or reject the manuscript.

Appeals and Complaints

Generally, the editorial decisions are not reversed. However, authors who think that their manuscript was rejected due to a misunderstanding or mistake may seek an explanation for the decision. Appeals must give sound reasoning and compelling evidence against the criticism raised in the rejection letter. A difference of opinion as to the interest, novelty, or suitability of the manuscript for the Journal will not be considered an appeal. The editors will consider the appeal and the decision thereafter taken by the Journal will be deemed final. Acceptance of the manuscript is not guaranteed even if the Journal agrees to reconsider the manuscript, and the reconsideration process may involve previous or new reviewers or editors and substantive revision.
Authors who wish to make a complaint should refer them to the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal concerned. Complaints should be raised at:

Disclaimer

Responsibility for the content published by STM Publishers in any of its Journals, including any opinions expressed therein, rests exclusively with the author(s) of such content. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, STM (on its behalf, and on behalf of its staff and members of its editorial board) disclaims responsibility for all injury and/or damage (whether financial or otherwise) to persons or property, resulting directly or indirectly from any ideas, methods, instructions or products (including errors in the same) referred to in the content of any of STM Journals.