កាលិកបត្រស្រាវជ្រាវមនុស្សសាស្ត្រនិងវិទ្យាសាស្ត្រសង្គម

Your role as editor is to maintain and develop wherever possible the journal’s profile and reputation. You have final responsibility for the journal’s content. You should ensure that the journal’s aims, scope and content respond to any changes of direction in the field of study to incorporate newly-emerging work. You will work closely with the journal’s publishing staff to ensure that it is strategically developed in line with market evolution. Both you and the publishing staff will make recommendations in this regard, based on your complementary expertise and sources of information.

Responsibilities of an editor

In your role you should:

• nsure a supply of high-quality manuscripts to Elsevier in quantities that are able to maintain the publishing schedule of the journal. If insufficient manuscripts are being submitted, then you should discuss how to address this with your publishing contact.

• nsure that the subject matter of the manuscripts reflects any changes of direction in the field of study to incorporate newly-emerging work (this may necessitate inviting articles or special issues).

• onduct your activities in accordance with generally accepted industry standards for integrity and objectivity and with the policies of the journal and the publisher. We further recommend that you consult.

• elect the Editorial Board, in co-operation with your publishing contact.

• ontinually engage the Editorial Board on the progress of the journal and update and include them on ideas for editorial development. The Editorial Board should be involved formally through an annual Editorial Board meeting or informally in ad hoc meetings and discussions.

• rovide strategic input into your journal’s development. Your publishing contact will be in touch regularly to report on the journal’s performance and suggest possible strategies for development, as well as discuss your suggestions.

• arefully review communications we send you regarding industry & company developments, and information and advice, all relevant to your role.

• ighlight commercial advertising, supplement, and reprint opportunities, if these form important sources of income for your journal.

• romote the journal to peers and colleagues.

  The editors are empowered to make final editorial decisions regarding their assigned manuscripts after weighing comments from the reviewers.

  1. An editor should give unbiased consideration to all manuscripts offered for publication, judging each on its merits without regard to race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s).
  2. An editor should process manuscripts promptly.
  3. The editor has the responsibility and authority to accept a submitted paper for publication or to reject it. The editor may confer with the editor-in-chief as well as EBM or ad hoc reviewers for an evaluation to use in making this decision.
  4. The editor should confirm that the author has correctly identified the manuscript type for the manuscript they are submitting to ensure the correct peer-review template is used.
  5. The editor and the editorial staff should not disclose any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than their editor-in-chief, reviewers, potential reviewers, and ASHA’s editorial administrator.
  6. An editor should respect the intellectual independence of authors.
  7. Editorial responsibility and authority for any manuscript authored by an editor and submitted to the editor’s journal will be handled by one of the other editors of that journal. Editors should avoid situations of real or perceived conflicts of interest.
  8. Editors should avoid situations of real or perceived conflicts of interest.
  9. Unpublished information, arguments, or interpretations disclosed in a submitted manuscript should not be used in an editor’s own research except with the consent of the author.
  10. Editors should inform their editor-in-chief if they have ethical questions or concerns about a reviewer’s behavior or about ethical aspects of a work.

  For more journal specific information about the role of editors, please see the Editorial Board Roles page for AJA, AJSLP, JSLHR, and LSHSS or Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups.

  Editor Qualifications

  Editors should meet the following criteria:

  • have research interests in common with the Mission & Scope of the journal
  • have a record of published research in scholarly journals, including serving as lead author
  • be well-respected in the CSD community and be actively involved in research
  • have substantial experience in reviewing manuscripts
  • have a willingness to drive journal activities