Guide for Editors

The responsibilities of editors are;

  1. Fair Play
    Editorial decisions on the manuscripts submitted to PSR-Press are made entirely based on their scientific content, importance, originality, clarity, language fluency, contribution to the scientific fields of interest to the journal’s audience (as defined in the journal’s scope); regardless of ethnic origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, race, gender, religious belief, or political orientation of the authors.
  2. Confidentiality
    Editors and other editorial staff of PSR-Press are expected to keep the information obtained from the submitted manuscripts confidential and to keep the reviewers’ identities protected. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in any form of an editor’s own research without the written consent of the author(s).
  3. Peer Review
    The editors should carefully consider the assignment of the article to the examiners with a scientific expertise appropriate to the subject of the article. The editors should guarantee the originality of the manuscript and to verify the typology of the article as well as the correspondence with the aims and scope of the journal.
  1. Citations
    Editors are expected to refrain from suggesting that authors include citations to their (or their associates’) work merely to increase citation counts or to enhance the visibility of their or their associates’ work; suggestions must be based on valid academic reasons. 
  1. Corrections/Errata, Retractions
    Editorial office is expected to release errata, clarifications or apology statements and expected to not refrain from retracting a publication if there is a clear evidence of scientific misconduct, unethical research, plagiarism or other violations of ethical scientific publishing.
  2. Publication Decision
    The editor of the journal is solely responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted in the journal should be published.