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Duties of Editor

To Become an Associate Editor

  • Must have been awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in the respective research area
  • At least 7 years of research experience after a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
  • Minimum of 10 publications record articles and /or books in the specific research field
  • Must have previous reviewer and editorial contributions
  • Must be proficient in the English language
  • Familiarize yourself with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ‘Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors

 

Responsibilities

  • We need our editorial board members to be key figures in their professions to have some experience in publishing articles and papers. A final editorial decision decides acceptance or rejection of an article so they play an important role in the peer review process. All the members are requested to test out the manuscripts submitted to them without any bias to increase the quality of our journals. There is no hard and fast rule to analyze a manuscript and it depends upon its worthiness, quality, and originality. While verifying the manuscript, you have to go through the following points: (1) Detailed examination and relevance of the manuscript as per author guidelines; (2) Careful examination of purposes and objectives of the work carried out. Editorial board members are supposed to provide timely feedback on the improvement of the quality of the publication of manuscripts.

 

To Become an Editorial Board Member

  • Must have been awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in the respective research area
  • At least 2 years of research experience after a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
  • A minimum of 5 publications record articles and /or books in the specific research field
  • Must be proficient in the English language
  • Familiarize yourself with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ‘Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors
  • Editorial Board members of every journal should conform to the scope of journal research specialization

 

Join as an Editorial Board Member

Being on the editorial board of a journal is truly productive, pleasant, and in fact, prestigious which helps in add-on to the scientific world through the ways and guidelines given by experts in the relevant fields. Though it is time consuming and often goes unobserved, there are some important rewards that make the editorial board members worthwhile. You will be entitled following benefits while working with us as an editorial board member/reviewer of the journals.

  • You are enforced to read carefully various manuscripts in your area of importance and interest. This is the way you are routinely forced to keep yourself up-to-date while checking and suggesting changes in manuscripts.

  • This work helps to add in and provides a better way to create your identity as a well-known expert in your field and may lead to increased invitations to speak at conferences or demand invited research of your specialized area.

  • You will be among the contributors who will shape and decide the urgent ways as required with changing societal needs.

  • Your ideas and subject inputs may help in arranging special issues as per topics of your interest and choice.

  • You will come across the latest research before everyone else and gives you a position of leadership in your research community.

  • The certificate will be provided to the Editorial board members for their contribution to the Open Access Research Journal of Discovery (International Multidisciplinary Refereed Research Journal).

 

Resources for Editorial Board Members

The EB member must comply with the best practice of the journal editor's COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors

The EB member must endorse the Code of Conduct of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and COPE International Standards for Editors and Authors Guidelines. Besides, the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) Policy Statement on Geopolitical Intrusion on Editorial Decisions.

Resources

The best practice of the journal editor COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors: https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors.pdf

The code of ethics

Code of Conduct of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE):  https://publicationethics.org/core-practices

COPE International Standards for Editors and Authors Guidelines. https://publicationethics.org/files/International%20standard_editors_for...

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/

World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) Policy Statement on Geopolitical Intrusion on Editorial Decisions.
http://www.wame.org/resources/ethics-resources/publication-ethics-polici...

Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors
https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_...

Council of Science Editors (CSE)- CSE's White paper on promoting integrity in scientific journal publications 
https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/resource-library/editorial-policie...

 

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals
http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf

Editorial board participation 
https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/editorial-board-parti...

Healthy habits: working towards inclusive Editorial Boards
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/editors-update/healthy-habits-working-t...

Legal guide for editors concerning ethics issues
https://www.elsevier.com/editors/perk/legal-guide-for-editors