Code of Conduct for Editorial Board

HANDLING OF SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPT

Editor-in-Chief should evaluate the manuscripts fairly and solely on their intellectual merit. An acknowledgement with a reference number must be sent to the Authors once the manuscript is received. Manuscript deemed to be in good order must be sent to reviewers without delay. Confidentiality of the manuscripts must be ensured and not disclose any information regarding manuscripts to anyone other than the people involved in the publishing process.

DECISION QUALITY

The Editor-in-Chef has to provide the Authors with an explanation of the editorial decision on a manuscript. Editor-in-Chief should write high-quality editorial letters that integrate reviewers’ comments and offer additional suggestions to the Author. The responsibility in deciding which articles are to be published is within the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief.

SUBMISSION BY EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

All manuscripts submitted to the journal undergo a rigid (double-blind) review process including those received from the Editorial Board members. In addition, when making editorial decisions about peer reviewed articles where an editor is an Author or is acknowledged as a contributor, the journal will ensure that the affected editors exclude themselves from the publication process including the review process and decision on the manuscript. Although editors are allowed to submit manuscript to the journal, too many submissions from the journal’s own Editorial Board is not allowed.

HANDLING CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY THE EDITORS

When editors are presented with manuscript where their own interests may influence their ability to make an unbiased editorial decision, they should hand over the handling of the manuscript to a suitably qualified editor in the board. The Editorial Board will appoint a suitable member to handle the manuscripts objectively, fairly and professionally free of personal biases that may affect his/her judgments.