Guidelines for Editor and Reviewers

The Editorial Board consists of international specialists in their respective professions. All of the Board members work in educational and scientific institutes. The Editorial Board members' roles are as follows:

  • provide competence in a specific research subject;
  • judge submitted manuscripts and include independent reviewers in the process; advise on journal policy and scope, and contribute in journal development
  • For special issues, suggest a subject definition and a conference location. Additionally, editorial members may serve as guest editors for special issues.
  • promote the journal at conferences, seminars, workshops, and relevant public events; and attract new potential writers.

Guest editors are critical to the quality of special content publications such as Special Issues. From proposal to publishing, guest editors oversee the entire process.

Every two years, the Editorial Board is reviewed, which includes the removal of inactive members and the inclusion of new ones.

We welcome applications from editorial applicants. To apply, please send an e-mail to a Managing Editor of the selected journal and attach a file with your CV (containing your current place of work, occupation, education, the scope of your scientific interest, types of activity, list of publications, list of journals in which you have held positions as an editor or a reviewer, e-mail for contact, and a link to your university's personal page).

Duites for Editor

We strongly recommend that Editors get acquainted with and follow COPE Core practices.

The journal's editors are in charge of determining which of the articles submitted to the journal will be published. In reaching this judgment, the editor may consult with members of the Editorial Board.

Fair Play. The editors examine articles without respect to the authors' or the host institution's nature, including race, gender, religious belief, ethnic background, citizenship, or political ideology.

Confidentiality. Editors, Editorial Board members, and any editorial staff members are not permitted to share any information regarding a submitted article with third parties other than the paper's authors, reviewers or potential reviewers, and the publisher, for appropriate reasons.

Disclosure. Without the author's clear written authorization, unpublished information provided in a submitted manuscript should not be used by the editors or members of the Editorial Board for their own study.

Guidline For Reviewers

When writers opt to submit their papers to one of our journals, the publishing company "Generate Digital Publishing" clearly realizes the importance of an effective peer review process.

We work hard to create and maintain peer-review integrity in every journal, and a critical part of that is ensuring that reviewers have the resources they need to do their jobs as efficiently and effectively as possible. The reviewing procedure varies every journal, however this guide provides an outline of what is involved when becoming a reviewer with the publishing company "Generatae Digital Publishing"

We highly advise our reviewers to be familiar with and adhere to the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

Potential reviewers should give verifiable and correct contact information, as well as personal and professional information that is accurate and a fair representation of their experience.

During the peer review process, Referee Report preparation, and after reviewing we expect from our reviewers following:

  1. Confidentiality
  • To ensure the integrity of the review process, reviewers should not discuss the reviewed manuscript with anybody unless specifically authorized by the Editor.
  • The reviewers are welcome to obtain advice from one or two colleagues while doing the review, but only with the Editor's specific consent. Furthermore, colleagues' involvement (with names and affiliations) should be indicated in the Referee Report's Comments to Editors section.
  • Reviewers shouldn’t copy, disseminate, or discuss material about the paper for any reason (including furthering their own study).
  • If explanations from the author/authors are required, they should be noted in the Referee Report's Comments section.
  1. Standards of objectivity
Reviewers should be objective while conducting reviews. All the comments and recommendations should be supported with relevant arguments.
  1. Timelines
  • It is required to react to an offer to peer review within an acceptable time-frame.
  • If the reviewers believe they are qualified to evaluate a particular manuscript, they should accept to review only if they believe they will be able to return a review within the requested or mutually agreed-upon time period.
  • The reviews must be completed by the timeframe specified in the invitation. If any problems emerge that prohibit the reviewers from submitting the Referee Report on time, they must contact the Handling Editor promptly.
  1. Competing interest
  • It is important to remain unbiased by considerations related to the nationality, religious or political opinions, gender and/or other characteristics of the authors, manuscript origin, or commercial concerns.
  • We kindly request that our reviewers disclose any potential competing interests that may bias the review of the submitted manuscript (including any financial interest in the manuscript's publication or non-publication; a recent or ongoing collaboration with the authors; a history of disagreement with the authors).
  • If the reviewer is currently employed at the same institution as any of the authors or has recently (e.g., within the last 3 years) mentors, mentees, close collaborators, or joint grant holders, the invitation to review the paper should be declined.
  • The reviewers should not agree to review a manuscript just to gain sight of it with no real intention of submitting a Referee Report.
  • The reviewers previously reviewed a version of the manuscript for another journal, the reviewers are not barred from reviewing it again. This should, however, be mentioned in the Comments to Editors section.