Generally manuscripts are classified into following types: Research, Review, Commentary, Short Communication, Rapid Communication, Editorial, Letter to Editor, Case Report, Clinical Images, Conference Proceedings, Addendums and Obituaries.
Authors must mention the type of article to which their manuscript belongs in the cover letter during submission.
The handling editor of the manuscript have the right to classify the submitted manuscript into the above mentioned categories to which it fits into, after consulting the corresponding author. The type of article will be displayed above the article title when it is published online.
Supplementary data must be submitted along with the original manuscript whenever required. It consists of the discrete information without which it would be difficult to understand the manuscript. We do encourage the authors to send us the supplementary material and it will be published along with the article abiding the copyright and permission policies. The Figures and Tables in the supplementary data must follow the guidelines mentioned in the Figure and Table preparation in Submission Instructions.
Following are the pre-requisites to be considered for submission of a manuscript:
Scholars Publishers follows double blind 14 days peer-review process for all the articles submitted for publication in our journal. The manuscript will be assigned to the qualified editor in our editorial board as well as relevant reviewers. Based on the review comments provided by the reviewers, the editor has the sole right to provide the initial decision on the manuscript. If any revision is required, the authors must be responsible to revise the manuscript and submit within 14 days along with their responses to the reviewer and editor comments. The revised manuscript will be re-reviewed thoroughly with the help of previous reviewers and editor. The final decision on the manuscript will be provided by the editor after analyzing the re-review comments. Authors must abide by the final decision of the editor.
Authors are not entitled to pay the publication charges during the processing of the article. The publication charges for an article is ought to pay only after its acceptance for publication by the editor. The publication charge for an article which is to be published under Open Access mode vary based on the journal.
As a publisher of scientific journals, we provide authors with high-quality editorial services to publish their articles. Withdrawal of articles is strongly discouraged and only used in exceptional circumstances. Sometimes, few authors wish to withdraw their article before publication due to personal reasons. In such cases, the authors must pay 20% of the publication charges as we incur expenses for processing the article. Also, the corresponding author must send a confirmation email prior to the withdrawal. Retraction of the article post-publication is considered unethical and the publication charges paid will not be refunded.
An Editor-in-Chief of Scholars Publishers will work for publication process, such as Journals, Books, Multimedia Publishing. An editor in chief is responsible for the society activities which include creation of editorial board, implementation of the editorial policies proposed by the Board, put a spotlight on all the departments. The main responsibility is to oversee the review process of the Journal and the decision making on articles in ambiguity situation with assistance of Associate Editors, Advisory Board and the Editorial Coordinators. Editor in Chief will have the complete command on the Editorial Board and have the right to take an immediate decision on the article.
Below are the General Responsibilities of the Editor in Chief: