Editor Guidelines
Responsibilities and best practices for Pediatric Health And Nutrition editorial board members maintaining publication excellence.
Editorial Excellence in Child Health
Pediatric Health And Nutrition editors ensure rigorous, fair evaluation of child health research while maintaining efficient workflows that serve authors and the pediatric community effectively.
Editors guide manuscripts through evaluation, ensuring appropriate reviewer selection, timely processing, and fair decisions based on scientific merit for pediatric research.
Manuscript Assessment
Initial evaluation of submissions for scope fit, technical quality, and potential contribution to child health knowledge and clinical practice.
Reviewer Selection
Identify qualified experts to evaluate manuscripts in their pediatric research specialty with appropriate clinical expertise.
Decision Making
Synthesize reviewer feedback into fair, well-reasoned decisions with constructive guidance for pediatric authors.
- Maintain confidentiality of manuscripts and author identities for child health research submissions
- Recuse from decisions involving personal or professional conflicts in pediatrics
- Ensure objective evaluation based on scientific merit, not author characteristics
- Report suspected misconduct following COPE procedures for medical research
Timeline expectations: Editors should complete initial assessment within one week and coordinate reviews for completion within four weeks for pediatric manuscripts.
Decisions include accept, minor revision, major revision, and reject. Revision requests should provide clear guidance on required changes with constructive feedback for improvement.
Editorial Resources
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