Vision and Strategy: Set the overall vision and editorial direction of the publication, ensuring alignment with the publication's goals and audience needs.
Leadership: Provide leadership to the editorial team, including motivating and mentoring staff and fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
Content Oversight: Oversee all content published, ensuring it meets the publication's standards for quality, accuracy, and relevance.
Decision-Making: Make final decisions on content, including accepting or rejecting submissions and resolving any disputes or controversies.
Representation: Act as the face of the publication, representing it at events, conferences, and in the media. Engage with the readership and broader community to build the publication’s profile.

2. Editorial Board Member

Review and Feedback: Review submissions and provide feedback on their quality, relevance, and fit for the publication. Offer constructive critiques to improve the quality of manuscripts.
Special Projects: Lead or participate in special projects, such as themed issues or series, based on expertise and interest.
Networking: Utilize professional networks to attract high-quality submissions and promote the publication within their field.
Policy Development: Contribute to the development and implementation of editorial policies and guidelines.
Ethical Oversight: Ensure adherence to ethical standards in publishing, such as issues of plagiarism, conflicts of interest, and publication ethics.

3. Managing Editor

Operational Management: Oversee the day-to-day operations of the publication, including managing the editorial calendar, coordinating the workflow, and ensuring timely publication.
Coordination: Coordinate with authors, editors, reviewers, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth communication and efficient handling of manuscripts.
Quality Control: Ensure all content adheres to the publication’s style guide, editorial standards, and deadlines.
Budget Management: Handle the financial aspects of the editorial process, including managing budgets, processing payments, and overseeing subscriptions.
Logistics: Manage the logistics of the production process, from manuscript submission through to final publication.

4. Technical Language Editor

Language and Style: Edit manuscripts for language accuracy, clarity, and style, ensuring they meet the publication’s language standards and are accessible to the target audience.
Technical Accuracy: Verify the technical accuracy of terminology, data, and references used in the manuscripts, ensuring consistency and correctness.
Proofreading: Conduct detailed proofreading of content to identify and correct typographical, grammatical, and punctuation errors.
Formatting: Ensure manuscripts are formatted according to the publication’s guidelines, including proper citation styles and layout requirements.
Collaboration: Work closely with authors and other editors to resolve any language or technical issues, providing clear and actionable feedback.

Roles of Reviewer

Reviewer Responsibilities

1. Peer reviewers should:

(i) Only agree to review manuscripts for which they have the subject expertise required to carry out a proper assessment and which they can assess in a timely manner.

(ii) Adhere to the timeframe given by the journal editor for completing the reviews. Requests for extension to review the manuscripts are at the discretion of the editor.

(iii) Respect the confidentiality of peer review and not reveal any details of a manuscript or its review, during or after the peer-review process, beyond those that are released by the journal.

(iv) Not use information obtained during the peer-review process for their own or any other person’s or organization’s advantage or to disadvantage or discredit others.

(v) Declare all potential conflicting interests, seeking advice from the journal if they are unsure whether something constitutes a relevant interest, not allow their reviews to be influenced by the origins of a manuscript, by the nationality, religious or political beliefs, gender or other characteristics of the authors, or by commercial considerations.

(vi) Notify MJQR of any conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

(vii) Be objective and constructive in their reviews, refraining from being hostile or inflammatory and from making libellous or derogatory personal comments.

(viii) Evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual content.

(ix) Not discuss their views with others unless authorized by the editor(s).

(x) Must bring to the editor's/editors' attention any information that may be a reason to reject the publication of a manuscript.

(xi) Identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. This includes any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation.

(xii) Alert the editor(s) of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

(xiii) Acknowledge that peer review is largely a reciprocal endeavour and undertake to carry out their fair share of reviewing and in a timely manner.

(xiv) Provide journals with personal and professional information that is accurate and a true representation of their expertise.

(xv) Be objective in their reviews and express their views clearly with supporting arguments and avoiding any personal criticisms.

(xvi) Assists the editor(s) in the editorial decisions and through editorial communications with the author(s) in the improvement of the paper.

(xvii) Recognise that impersonation of another individual during the review process is considered serious.

Editorial

Editorial Board 2026 - 2028

TECHNICAL LANGUAGE EDITOR

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Roles and Responsibilities

Roles of Reviewer

Editorial Board
2026 - 2028