Purpose and Scope

This page summarizes journal-specific expectations for editors. General editorial independence, confidentiality, competing interests, peer review standards, publication ethics, corrections, appeals, and complaints are governed by NEW HORIZON PRESS LIMITED Publishing Policies and are not repeated here.

·Full publisher policy: NEW HORIZON PRESS LIMITED Publishing Policies

Editorial Role

Editors assess whether a manuscript fits the journal scope, meets scholarly and ethical standards, and should proceed to external review. Decisions should be based on scholarly merit, methodological soundness, relevance, originality, clarity, reviewer input, and compliance with journal and publisher policies.

Initial Assessment

At initial screening, editors should consider scope, novelty, article type, presentation quality, completeness of declarations, ethical documentation where applicable, data availability, and possible plagiarism, duplicate submission, image, citation, or authorship concerns.

Reviewer Selection

Editors should invite reviewers with appropriate expertise and without known conflicts of interest. Reviewer selection should support fair, timely, constructive, and independent assessment.

Handling Competing Interests

Editors should recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where they have a financial, professional, institutional, collaborative, personal, or other conflict that could reasonably affect impartiality.

Confidentiality and AI

Manuscripts, reviews, editorial correspondence, and unpublished data are confidential. Editors must not upload confidential materials to public or unsecured AI tools. AI support must not replace human editorial judgment.

Editorial Decisions

Editors may recommend or decide rejection, revision, acceptance, or transfer where applicable. Decision letters should be clear, respectful, and supported by relevant editorial and reviewer comments.

Ethical Concerns

If ethical or integrity concerns arise, editors should pause routine handling where necessary and consult the publisher policy, editorial office, and appropriate experts or institutions when required.

Contact

Editorial questions or policy concerns should be directed to the journal editorial office or publisher office.

Editorial Office: lr@the-newpress.com

Publisher Office: office@the-newpress.com