Roles and responsibilities

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

• Uphold the integrity and academic standards of the journal.
• Ensure fairness and appropriateness in the selection and appointment of reviewers. Ensure fair evaluation of the submitted articles.
• Ensure confidentiality in managing the review process and the handling of the submitted journal articles.
• Provide clear and relevant information and guidelines to all reviewers and authors.
• Adhere to the journal’s policies, procedures, and ethical standards.
• Review revised manuscripts to ensure clarity, coherence, and quality in published articles.
• Ensure the timely publication of each journal issue as per the production schedule.
• Continuously strive to enhance the journal’s quality and reputation.
• Develop and implement strategies to increase the journal’s visibility, readership, and impact factor.
• Collaborate with indexing services to ensure the journal is included in relevant databases for improved discoverability.
• Communicate quality improvement initiatives and updates to the editorial board and 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.

Copy 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 Managing 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.
• Manage the processes at the MyJurnal website & MyJMS system.
• Conduct the pre-screening process in an effective and timely manner.
• Strive to improve the quality of the journal.
• Promote the journal.

Online Publication Officer

• 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.