Editor-in-Chief
- Maintain the integrity of the journal.
- Ensure appropriateness and fairness in the appointment of the reviewers.
- Ensure fair evaluation of the submitted articles.
- Decide the rejection of articles at the pre-screening stage based on the screening report and the status of accepted articles based on the reported verification of amendments at the final proof stage.
- Ensure confidentiality in managing the review process and the handling of the submitted journal articles.
- Ensure the availability of the relevant information and instructions to all reviewers and authors.
- Adhere to journal policies and guidelines.
- Ensure timely publication of each issue.
- Strive to improve the quality of the journal.
- Promote the journal.
- Actively disclose quality improvement efforts to the editorial board members as well as the journal management team.
- Establish and maintain a good working relationship with collaborating partners and others.
Editorial Board Members
- Maintain the integrity of the journal.
- Carry out the duties of a reviewer as per the stipulated roles and responsibilities.
- Ensure fair evaluation of the submitted articles.
- Responsible in avoiding conflict of interest by declining the appointment as a reviewer in cases where such situation arises.
- Ensure confidentiality in conducting the review process.
- Reveal any ethical issues related to suspicion of plagiarism, falsification, fabrication, and other forms of misconducts found during the review process.
- Provide informative and good quality feedback/report to the authors. The feedback/report must be written in a polite manner and attempted towards the improvement of the article.
- Adhere to journal policies and guidelines.
- Provide feedback in a timely manner.
- Support quality improvement efforts.
- Promote the journal.
- Establish and maintain a good working relationship with collaborating partners and others.
Reviewers
- Maintain the integrity of the journal.
- Carry out the duties of a reviewer as per the stipulated roles and responsibilities.
- Ensure fair evaluation of the submitted articles.
- Responsible in avoiding conflict of interest by declining the appointment as a reviewer in cases where such situation arises.
- Ensure confidentiality in conducting the review process.
- Reveal any ethical issues related to suspicion of plagiarism, falsification, fabrication, and other forms of misconducts found during the review process.
- Provide informative and good quality feedback/report to the authors. The feedback/report must be written in a polite manner and attempted towards the improvement of the article.
- Provide recommendation on the acceptance of articles in the reviewer report
- Adhere to journal policies and guidelines.
- Provide feedback in a timely manner.
- Promote the journal.
Authors
Corresponding authors are responsible for ensuring that:
- only original work that is free of plagiarism, falsification, and fabrication is submitted.
- the submitted article has not been published elsewhere and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
- the work reported has been carried after a thorough ethical consideration required in the field of research.
- secure reproduction rights for the use of resources
- contributions from all individual to the article submitted are accurately reflected in the co-author listing and publication credits.
- all co-authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the submitted article, and the final version of amended article.
- the signed copyright form is submitted upon consultation with co-authors.
- every comments/ concerns raised by the reviewers are addressed in revising the article as per the instructions given.
- the work submitted adhere to journal policies and guidelines.
- amended journal articles are submitted in a timely manner.
- all forms of corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies are communicated to the journal secretariat.
Managing Editor
- Maintain the integrity of the journal.
- Ensure appropriateness and fairness in the appointment of the reviewers.
- Ensure fair evaluation of the submitted articles.
- Ensure confidentiality in managing the review process and the handling of the submitted journal articles.
- Ensure the availability of the relevant information and instructions to all reviewers and authors.
- Adhere to journal policies and guidelines.
- Review the amended journal article and ensure good flow and clarity of the articles published.
- Ensure timely publication of each issue.
- Strive to improve the quality of the journal.
- Promote the journal.
- Actively disclose quality improvement efforts to the editorial board members as well as the journal management team.
- Establish and maintain a good working relationship with collaborating partners and others.
Language Editor
- Maintain the integrity of the journal.
- Ensure confidentiality in editing the submitted journal articles.
- Adhere to journal policies and guidelines.
- Ensure that the articles published are well written and free of language errors.
- Ensure timely submission of the edited articles.
- Strive to improve the quality of the journal.
- Promote the journal.
Layout Editor
- Maintain the integrity of the journal.
- Ensure confidentiality in formatting the submitted journal articles.
- Adhere to journal policies and guidelines.
- Ensure that the articles published are well formatted and error free.
- Ensure timely submission of proof copies.
- Strive to improve the quality of the journal.
- Promote the journal.
Assistant Editor
- Maintain the integrity of the journal.
- Ensure confidentiality in managing the review process and the handling of the submitted journal articles.
- Adhere to journal policies and guidelines.
- Conduct the pre-screening process in an effective and timely manner.
- Strive to improve the quality of the journal.
- Promote the journal.
Webmaster
- Maintain the integrity of the journal.
- Ensure confidentiality in the handling of the submitted journal articles.
- Adhere to journal policies and guidelines.
- Ensure timely uploading of approved proof copies.
- Maintain the journal portal.
- Strive to improve the quality of the journal.
- Promote the journal.