Editor’s Guidelines

Journal Of Eco -Friendly Agriculture refers &implies to COPE - Guidelines for Editor’s & Reviewers

Duties of editors

As said Editors are the stewards of journals. They usually take over their journal from the previous editor(s) and always want to hand over the journal in good shape. Most editors provide direction for the journal and build a strong management team. They must consider and balance the interests of many constituents, including readers, authors, staff, owners, editorial board members, advertisers and themedia.

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Editors’ decisions to accept or reject a paper for publication should be based only on the papersimportance, originality, clarity, and the study’s relevance to the remit of the journal.
Studies that challenge previous work published in the journal should be given an especially sympathetic hearing.
Studies reporting negative results should not be excluded.
All original studies should be peer reviewed before publication, taking into full account possiblebias due to related or conflicting interests.
When a published paper is subsequently found to contain major flaws, editors must accept responsibility for correcting the record prominently and promptly.
Editors must treat all submitted papers as confidential.

The editorial team of the Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture comprising the Editorial Board and the Editorial Staff with the Publisher is free & responsible for taking a decision as to which of the articles considered / published in the journal. The Editors have complete discretion to reject/accept an article. The editorial team may confer/deliberate with other reviewers/editors in arriving at their decisions. The evaluation of manuscripts is made on the basis of their scholarly and intellectual content without having regard to the nature of the authors or the institution including gender, race, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors. The journal follows a policy of fair play in its editorial evaluation. The editors are expected to exercise caution and ensure that they have no conflict of interest with respect to the articles they accept/reject. The editors and the editorial staff follow strict confidentiality and are required not to disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to any one other than the corresponding author, reviewers and the publisher. Authors are encouraged to correct the errors which are found during the process of review while preserving the anonymity of the reviewers.The manuscript is a privileged document. It needs to be protected from any form of exploitation. Editors/ reviewers are expected not to cite, refer and to refrain from using the information it embodies for the advancement of their own research.

An editor/ reviewer should consciously adopt a positive, impartial attitude towards the manuscript under review.
An editor/ reviewer should aim at promoting a precise and effective scientific communication.
An editor/ reviewer who thinks that he/she is not in position to judge a particular manuscript impartially, should not select or accept it for review/ refereeing.
Review/ refereeing should be carried out as per the stipulated time lines. In case it appears, the deadlines are hard to meet in some specific case, Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture publication management team should be informed accordingly which will enable them to take alternative measures to avoid delay.
An editor/ reviewer should not discuss a manuscript with its Author(s)’. Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture(s)’ Online Peer-Review Journal system updates Author about every action being taken on their manuscript.
The identity of editors/ reviewers is kept confidential as per the policies of the Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture.
It is appropriate, not to make any statement about acceptance/ rejection or revision (subject to receipt of two similar opinions on revision) on a manuscript to the author, till a final verdict is arrived at, as per the Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture norms.
The announcement of decision on acceptance/ rejection may rest on the Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture publication management team.
Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture publication management team expects the editor/ reviewer to monitor the status of manuscripts and specially watch for the comments on revision, rejection and acceptance to avoid any duplication of efforts at their ends. Onward actions/ decisions by the journal publication management team will be based on the information/ comments made available by the editor/ reviewer online on the web/ offline through an email.
Critical appraisal should be presented dispassionately in the comments intended for the Authors and fowl remarks to be avoided.
Suggested modifications should not imply as conditions of acceptance. It is important to make distinction between revisions considered essential and those judged merely desirable.
In cases, we do not accept a manuscript; we should convey our constructive comments that might help the author to improve it. This requires providing elaborate comments (with citations, if possible);it will help the editors/ reviewers to make a decision on the manuscript and the authors to improve it.
The documentation on criticism, arguments, and suggestions concerning the manuscript is to be preserved carefully. It will be quite useful for decision makers.
Editors/ reviewers are not expecting correct mistake/s in grammar, but any assistance in this regard will be highly appreciated.
The editors/ publication management team gratefully receive a reviewer's/ referee’s recommendation (s), but since the decisions are based on evaluations derived from several sources, a reviewer/ referee should not expect decision makers to honor his or her every recommendation.
In preparation of these norms, support from the information provided in the guidelines of Council of Science Editors has been taken

Duties / Responsibilities of Reviewers

Editorial decisions are based on peer review. The reviewers are expected to maintain absolute confidentiality with regard to the contents of manuscripts. The reviews are to be conducted objectively and the referees are expected to express their views clearly with supporting reasons. The reviewers should have no conflict of interest with the authors and the subject matter of the research. The reviewers are required to identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any observation or argument which has been previously reported should also be accompanied along with the relevant citation. Similarities or overlaps between the manuscript under review and any other published paper of which the reviewer may have personal knowledge, may also be brought to be attention of the editors. The information or ideas obtained through peer review are of a privileged nature and must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative or other relationship with any of authors or institutions connected to the papers.

Timeline

Normally Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture follows rapid publication strategy, however, depending upon the manuscript and editorial board availability, manuscripts vetting may take significantly longer time. In a case where a manuscript has taken more than six months’ time for reviewer assignment then Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture allows the author to withdraw manuscript without paying any charges.

Please Note: Any manuscript once in editing/reviewing stage is not allowed to be withdrawn without paying Withdrawal Penalty. Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture holds ALL RIGHTS to publish the manuscript without further approval from the author, and can’t be held responsible for publishing of manuscript in any other Journal.

Process of Review

This is a privileged area for Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture(s)’ editors.
Editors log-in and get full control over the selection and review process & peer review.
Editor’s management module facilitates management of manuscripts, from their Section of Unassigned, selection for review, detailed review (Editing), assigning them to referees/ seeking their comments, providing comments, to the final decision making on acceptance, revision and rejection.
Editors share their views with the referees and the Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture(s)’ publication management team.
Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture’s Editorial board comprises of experts/ professionals who, on formal invitation from Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture’s have kindly consented to represent the Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture’s for providing their valued editing/ review services, and guide/ support the Publication management team of the Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture ‘s.

How long does the peer review process take?

Typically the manuscript will be reviewed within 2-8 weeks. Should the reviewers’ reports contradict one another or a report is unnecessarily delayed a further expert opinion will be sought. Revised manuscripts are usually returned to the Editors within 4 weeks and the Editors may request further advice from the reviewers at this time. The Editors may request more than one revision of a manuscript.

Final report

A final decision to accept or reject the manuscript will be sent to the author along with any recommendations made by the reviewers, and may include verbatim comments by the reviewers.

Editor's Decision is final

Reviewers advise the Editors, who are responsible for the final decision to accept or reject the article.

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