Agriculture Journal: Policy for Board Member

International Journal of Environmental and Agriculture Research (IJOEAR), ISSN 2454-1850 (online) is a monthly global journal, being published by AD Publication, Bikaner, Rajasthan, INDIA.

If you have aspirations to become an editor, one of the ways is through a direct invitation from a publisher. This may happen as a result of your expertise in a specific field of science or discipline, in particular when Publishers wish to publish a new journal. Another way to become an editor is to submit Membership Form which is 100% free that to be evaluated by our panel.

What are the typical criteria for an Editor position? :

These would be:

2.    Expertise and experience in the specialist field related to the journal.

3.    Publication record of a number of articles and /or books (usually in / related to the specialist field).

4.     Being a reviewer for an international peer reviewed journal.

5.    Enthusiasm to undertake the Editor role, but ensuring recognition of all aspects of the reality of the role and the work involved.

Editors are responsible for :

1. Fair policy and perspective independence: Editors need to review the submitted manuscripts solely on the basis of their academic value (importance, originality, study's validity, clarity) and its significance to the journal's scope, oblivious to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religious belief, political philosophy or institutional association. Editors are not allowed to tidy up and publish by the policies of governments or any supplementary agencies outside of the journal itself. The Editor-in-Chief has full power over the entire editorial content of the journal and the timing of publication of that content.

2. Privacy: Editors, editorial and critic staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, latent reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as suitable.

3. Revelation and conflicts of interest: Editors, editorial and reviewer board members will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted document for their own research purposes without the authors' open written consent. Privileged information or ideas obtained by board member as a effect of handling the manuscript will be kept confidential and not used for their individual advantage. Board member will use again themselves from bearing in mind manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from ready for action collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions linked to the papers; instead, they will ask another associate of the editorial board to handle the manuscript.

4. Publication decisions: The board member has to make sure that all submitted manuscripts being measured for publication undergo peer-review by at least two reviewers who are specialist in the field. The Editor-in-Chief is liable for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published, based on the corroboration of the work in question, its significance to researchers and readers, the reviewers' comments, and such legal necessities as are currently in force concerning defamation, copyright breach and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief may award with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

5. Participation and cooperation in investigations: Board members (in conjunction with the publisher and/or society) will take receptive events when ethical concerns are raised with regard to a submitted manuscript or published paper. Every reported act of unethical publishing performance will be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication. Our journal editors pursue the COPE Flowcharts when dealing with cases of alleged misconduct. If, on investigation, the ethical concern is well-founded, an alteration, retraction, expression of concern or other note as may be applicable will be published in the journal.