Mathews Journal of Pharmaceutical Science

Editor Guidelines

Chief Editor and Editors play a vital role in maintaining standards of the journal through a peer review process. Editors should make sure that all the articles must be published concerning the scope of the journal according to scientific relevancy, veracity, research strength, innovative methods. Editors must be unbiased with his/her decisions given on manuscripts and that should not be affected by the author’s nativity, nationality, ethnicity, religion, etc. Manuscript judgment must support the logical strength and significance to the scientific world.

Responsibilities
After receiving manuscripts from the author, the editorial office assigns the manuscript to an editor to review the manuscript. Papers are assigned to editors based on their expertise and research interest. The editor’s role is to assign two reviewers to provide review comments. In a situation where the editor cannot assign reviewers, then the editorial office assigns the reviewers on behalf of the editor. The editor should respond timely on his/her timeline in completing the peer review process and providing his/her decisions on manuscripts. The editor has to supervise the entire peer review cycle to preserve the principles of the journal. The editor can handle any number of manuscripts for the peer review process according to his interest and other commitments. As the editors are back bone to journal sustainability, editors can contribute the manuscripts which can be research articles/ editorials/ short communications for the continuation of issues in the journal. The editor has to encourage the submissions from other qualified authors, and they can suggest their colleagues. We welcome our editors to suggest new thoughts and ideas for the advancement of the journal. Editors need to ensure the security of individual data and maintain privacy.