Journal of New Developments in Chemistry

Editor Resources

As an editor, your responsibility is to maintain the standards for assessing and approving manuscripts submitted to a scholarly journal. While seasoned scholars and researchers may already be well-versed in these guidelines, they can be especially helpful for those who are new to editorial responsibilities.
 

Evaluation Guidelines:

• Provide an unbiased evaluation without hesitation. We are open to making necessary revisions to achieve the desired quality.
• If a manuscript falls outside the journal's scope, kindly decline it without review.

Rejection Protocol:

If a submission is rejected, provide a clear reason and offer guidance on necessary next steps. For instance, if the rejection is due to language or subject matter, suggest editing or indicate that the topic is not within the journal's scope. Maintaining a high standard of language quality that is understandable to a global audience is crucial.
 

Ethical Obligations:

• Editors must evaluate all manuscripts impartially, based solely on their individual merits, without considering the authors race, religion, nationality, gender, seniority, or institutional affiliation.
• Editors must promptly and thoroughly review all submitted manuscripts and have the sole responsibility for deciding whether to accept or reject them. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable for the journal may be declined without review.
• To ensure confidentiality, the editor and editorial team must not share any details about a manuscript under review with anyone except those providing professional guidance. Once a decision is made, the editor may reveal the titles of accepted manuscripts and the names of their authors.
• Editors must prioritize the author's intellectual autonomy.
• To avoid conflicts of interest, any manuscript written by an editor and submitted to their journal should be reviewed by another qualified individual who will assume editorial responsibility and authority. The author-editor should not be involved in any editorial decisions regarding their own manuscript.
• Editors must obtain permission from the author before using any unpublished information or interpretations revealed in a submitted manuscript for their personal research.
• If a manuscript is closely related to an editor's research, creating a conflict of interest, the editor must arrange for another qualified individual to take on editorial responsibility for the manuscript.
• If an editor receives convincing evidence that the main content or conclusions of a previously published report in their journal are incorrect, they must publish a suitable report or notation acknowledging the error and, if possible, correcting it.
• Authors may request the editor to refrain from utilizing specific reviewers during the evaluation process of a manuscript.
• It is recommended that editors send manuscripts in PDF format to reviewers instead of Microsoft Word or other electronic files. Additionally, it is advised to request that comments not be made on the electronic copy of the manuscript.
   

These general and ethical guidelines are essential for achieving high-quality research paper outputs. If you need any further adjustments or additional information, feel free to let me know!