Duties of editors
The Editor-in-Chief of Regional formation and development studies is responsible for deciding which of the submitted manuscripts should be published and, therefore, is accountable for the published content. The Editor-in-Chief should make decisions based on the journal's Editorial Board and the Publisher’s (Klaipėda University) policies; and they should be subjected to the requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief may confer with other Editorial Board members (referred to as editors hereafter) or reviewers when making publication decisions.
The Editor-in-Chief is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint, or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on publication decisions.
Editors responsibilities include the following issues:
- The editor of a peer-reviewed journal is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published, and, moreover, is accountable for everything published in the journal. In making these decisions, the editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board as well as by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers when making publication decisions. The editor should maintain the integrity of the academic record, preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards, and always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.
- The editor should evaluate manuscripts for intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s). The editor will not disclose any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than the author(s), reviewers and potential reviewers, and in some instances the editorial board members, as appropriate.
- The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
- Base their decisions exclusively on Regional formation and development studiespublication guidelines and the importance, originality and relevance of papers to Regional formation and development studies.
- Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
- The editor is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.
- The editor should seek to ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process. Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers. Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.
- Editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct. Editors should pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct. An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.
- Editors should handle all requests and submissions in a timely way.