Responsibilities of Editorial Board Members and Reviewers

Editorial board members:

• Chief Editor. Is the CEO of the journal.
• Associate Editor (Publishing Ethics). In charge of checking and maintaining the ethical standard of the journal and manuscripts accepted for publication.
• Associate Editor (Article Review). Assigns checked submitted manuscripts to peer reviewers and collate reviewers’ reports for further processing.
• Associate Editor (Book Review). In charge of book review to be published in the journal.
• Managing Editor. In charge of administration, circulation, APC, etc.
• Editorial Assistant/Secretary. Serves as a general assistant to the editors. He is also in charge of the journal secretariat.

Reviewers:

• Supporting the Chief Editor in making decisions and helping authors to enhance their manuscripts through editorial feedback.
• Refusing to review papers if they lack the necessary expertise or cannot review them in a timely manner.
• Keeping manuscripts confidential and not sharing them without authorization.
• Providing impartial critiques without personal bias, offering constructive, evidence-backed comments.
• Pointing out significant works that have not been cited and alerting about possible plagiarism or duplication with other works.
• Ensuring confidentiality of all information and ideas gained during the review process and avoiding reviewing any manuscripts where there is a conflict of interest.