Editors Guidelines
Editors safeguard the scholarly record by applying consistent, transparent review standards.
Editorial Responsibilities
Editors oversee peer review and ensure manuscripts align with JC scope and ethics standards. They recommend reviewers, evaluate reports, and provide clear decisions with constructive feedback. Editorial work should be timely, impartial, and evidence based.
Initial Screening
At intake, editors assess scope fit, originality, methodological clarity, and compliance with submission requirements. Manuscripts that are out of scope or lack baseline quality may be declined before review.
Look for clear chromosome relevance, appropriate ethics statements, and transparent methods before assigning reviewers.
Selecting Reviewers
Subject Expertise
Choose reviewers with relevant chromosome or cytogenetic expertise.
Balanced Perspectives
Select reviewers who can evaluate both conceptual and empirical contributions.
Conflict Awareness
Avoid reviewers with close ties to the authors or competing interests.
Decision Making
Editors synthesize reviewer feedback and make recommendations based on evidence, clarity, and contribution to chromosome research. When reviews conflict, editors may seek additional input or provide their own assessment.
Document decision rationales and provide authors with clear next steps to reduce revision cycles.
Revision Oversight
For revised manuscripts, editors should confirm that authors have responded to each reviewer comment and that changes are reflected in the revised text. If critical issues remain unresolved, request an additional revision or seek follow up review.
Clear guidance reduces review cycles and improves final quality.
Quality Signals
Editors should verify that abstracts, keywords, and references are complete and accurate. Strong metadata improves discovery and citation tracking. Encourage authors to provide ORCID iDs and data availability statements where applicable.
Ensure figures and karyotype images meet technical standards for resolution and labeling.
Special Issue Coordination
When handling special issue submissions, editors collaborate with guest editors to align scope and timelines while maintaining journal wide standards. Final decisions remain with JC editors to ensure consistency.
Use the same reviewer checklists and ethical policies as regular submissions.
Ethics And Confidentiality
Editors must treat manuscripts as confidential and manage conflicts of interest immediately. Allegations of misconduct should be reported to the editorial office with supporting details.
Editors should never use unpublished content for personal research advantage.
Timeliness And Communication
Prompt handling of submissions supports author satisfaction and timely publication. Editors should monitor review timelines and send clear, respectful decision letters.
If delays occur, notify the editorial office so authors receive timely updates.
Questions About Editorial Work?
Reach out to the editorial office for guidance on reviewer selection or decision standards.
