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Overview
Benefits, Responsibilities & Eligibility
Peer- Review
Appeals and Complaints
Conflict of Interest
Copyright and License
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For Editors

Overview

The journals operate under the guidance of an Editorial Board, providing expert advice on content, attracting new authors, and encouraging submissions. 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:

  • Review submitted manuscripts.

  • Advise on journal focus and scope.

  • Identify topics for special issues, which they may guest edit.

  • Attract new authors and submissions.

  • Promote the journal to their colleagues and peers.

  • Assist the editor(s) in decision-making over issues such as plagiarism claims and submissions where reviewers can’t agree on a decision.

This section is designed to offer guidance and resources to assist our Editors in their roles.

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Benefits, Responsibilities & Eligibility
Editor-in-Chief

The editor-in-chief is the highest-ranking member of the editorial team at a publication and determines the look and feel of the publication, has the final say in what is published and what isn't, and leads the publication's team of editors, copyeditors, and writers.

Eligibility

  • Ph.D. /Proven experience in the current and developing science area.
  • Must have at least 5/10 years of experience in a specific area of Science after earning the Ph.D./Master's Degree. 
  • Minimum 13+ years of teaching experience.
  • At least 10 International Research paper publications.
  • Have a track record of managing editorial teams.
  • Capable leader with good writing and research abilities.
  • Quite good at interacting with people and communicating.

Responsibility

  • Hiring and developing writers, junior editors, and senior editors.
  • Approving the publication's layout, design, style, and tone.
  • Develop editorial boards for upcoming publications, issues, and campaigns in close collaboration with the team.
  • Make final judgements regarding which articles, images, and graphs to publish.
  • Reviewing written content for spelling and grammar errors.
  • Ensuring that all copies adhere to the editorial approach and have the appropriate voice, context, balance, and clarity.
  • Fact-checking information in articles and stories
  • Providing suggestions for edits when needed
  • Writing editorial pieces to contribute to the publication
  • Developing and managing budgets for the editorial team
  • Attending meetings with the publisher or publication board to discuss issues and plans for the publication

Benefits

  • Enhance academic influence and enrich your resume.
  • Receive a Certificate for acknowledging your contributions to the journal.
  • Get your name listed on the journal website.
  • Get access to the latest research in advance and new contacts in your research field.
  • Get to know other scholars in your field and broaden academic connectivity.
Editors

The Editor is responsible for upholding the mission and scope of the journal and for selecting papers that provide new, original, and important contributions to knowledge.

Eligibility

  • Ph.D. /Proven experience in the current and developing science area.
  • Must have at least 5/10 years of experience in a specific area of Science after earning the Ph.D./Master's Degree. 
  • Minimum 13+ years of teaching experience.
  • At least 5 International Research paper publications.

Responsibility

  • The Editor oversees the mission and scope of the journal in consultation with the
    publisher.
  • Read content and correct spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors.
  • Rewrite the text to make it easier for readers to understand.
  • Verify facts cited in material for publication.
  • Ensures that the journal follows customary ethical policies for scholarly publishing.
  • Evaluate submissions from writers to decide what to publish.
  • Seek opportunities to promote the journal
  • Work with writers to help their ideas and stories succeed.
  • Develop story and content ideas according to the publication’s style and editorial policy.
  • Allocate space for the text, photos, and illustrations that make up a story or content.
  • Approve final versions submitted by staff.

Benefits

  • Enhance academic influence and enrich your resume.
  • Receive a Certificate for acknowledging your contributions to the journal.
  • Get your name listed on the journal website.
  • Get access to the latest research in advance and new contacts in your research field.
  • Get to know other scholars in your field and broaden academic connectivity.
Section Editors

Section Editors usually manage the Review of submissions and the editing of those that are accepted. Depending on the journal's policies, however, a Section Editor initially assigned to a submission by an Editor may be asked only to see it through the Review stage, after which, if the submission is accepted, the Editor takes over (in the role of Section Editor). Editors send requests to Section Editors to see a submission through the editorial process.

Eligibility

  • Full-time faculty at a university or academic institution.

  • Have a track record of original research publications in his or her clinical interest area.

  • The section editor is expected to review 2 to 5 manuscripts per month.

  • The section editor will have approximately two weeks from the time assigned to the time the synthesis of the review is submitted to the Decision Editor for a decision. 

  • Section editors must agree to a two-year commitment with the option to extend.

Responsibility

  • Reports to the Managing Editor

  • Point of contact between peer reviewers, editorial team, and authors during the publication process

  • The Editor oversees the mission and scope of the journal in consultation with the  

  • The Editor may write editorials for the journal.

  • The Editor will seek opportunities to promote the journal.

  • Makes decisions, in collaboration with the editorial team, on submissions.

Benefits

  • Excellent opportunity to gain experience in scholarly publishing
  • Receive a Certificate for acknowledging your contributions to the journal.
  • Get your name listed on the journal website.
  • Get access to the latest research in advance and new contacts in your research field.
  • Get to know other scholars in your field and broaden academic connectivity.
  • Enjoy special offers on Article Processing Charges.
  • excellent opportunity to gain experience while collaborating with a team of colleagues to enhance the field by publishing quality work written by [students, etc].
Guest Editors

They are responsible for managing the papers and for the quality of the content. Every paper in the issue must maintain the quality standards of the journal. Research papers must be scientifically excellent, and all content must be novel and interesting to the general readership.


For more details about special issues and guest, editors click here.

Advisory Board Members

Guides the Journal to always improve the aim and scope in the relevant field.

Eligibility

  • Ph.D. /Proven experience in the current and developing science area.

  • Must have at least 5/10 years of experience in a specific area of Science after earning the Ph.D./Master's Degree. 

  • Minimum 13+ years of teaching experience

  • At least 10 International Research paper publications.

Responsibility

  • Advisory Board Members are requested to express their view regarding the article whether it falls under the Journal scope or not and whether it meets the desired publication criteria or not.
  • Guidance towards the Journal to always improve the aim and scope in the relevant field.
  • Exhibit your opinion on the Journal’s direction and performance.
  • Provide subject-specific support.
  • Your active role in Journal development.
  • Promote the journal wherever possible.
  • Assisting with the strategic development plan for the following volume of the Journal.
  • Offering advice on Journal policy and content, and creating awareness of the Journal.

Benefits

  • Enhance academic influence and enrich your resume.
  • Receive a Certificate for acknowledging your contributions to the journal.
  • Get your name listed on the journal website.
  • Get access to the latest research in advance and new contacts in your research field.
  • Get to know other scholars in your field and broaden academic connectivity.
Peer- Review

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

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Conflict of Interest

Financial contributions to the work being reported should be acknowledged, as should any potential conflict of interest.

Copyright and License

Accepted articles can be published online for free open access. Open-access publishing provides maximum dissemination of the article to the largest audience. All authors will be asked to indicate whether or not they wish to pay to have their paper made freely available for publication.

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.