The main responsibilities of editors are as follows:

• The editor has to assess the manuscript objectively if it is to be published by judging it solely on the basis of its quality and not taking into account the nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs, race, religion, gender, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the authors. The editor should refuse any assignment in cases where there is a possibility of a conflict of interest.

• The editors have to make sure that the document they send to the reviewers does not include any information about the author and likewise, the author must not be included in the document that is sent to them.

The editors should send the authors their decisions together with the reviewers' comments, except in cases where those comments contain offensive or libelous statements.

• Editors ought to honour author requests asking that a particular person should not review the submission if those requests are reasonable and feasible.

• All editors and members of the staff ought to ensure that the manuscript submitted is kept confidential.

• If there is a suspicion of misconduct or a dispute regarding authorship, the editors will follow the COPE flowcharts.

• Editors must not have any conflict of interest in relation to articles that they accept or reject. They should not have a conflict of interest with regard to the authors, the funder, or the reviewer of the manuscript.

• The editors should aim at satisfying both readers and authors and should always work to improve the journal.

• The editors ought to keep the academic record intact and must ensure that business considerations do not undermine the intellectual standards.

Editors should always be willing to publish corrections, explanations, withdrawals, and apologies whenever they are required.

• The editors must keep the reviewers' anonymity.

•             Editors or editorial staff must not use unpublished content in a submitted manuscript in their own personal research without written consent of the author.