MMRI’S KAMALNAYAN BAJAJ NURSING COLLEGE
STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURE FOR EDITORIAL
COMMITTEE
SOP Prepared By: Ms. Aishwarya Tathe
SOP Reviewed By: Mr. Amol Sable
SOP Sanctioned By: Dr. Supriya Chinchpure
Date of Amendmend:
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INDEX
SR.NO CONTENT PAGE NO.
1. Introduction 3
2. Aim and Objectives 3
3. Abbreviations, Definitions and Terms 4
4. Responsibilities and accountabilities 5
5. Procedure 7
7. References 8
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Introduction:-
The editorial committee is a group of people, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and
direction the publications editorial policy will take. The committee has the task of gathering and
cross referencing any information on regulatory mechanisms, retrieved from all geographical
areas and fields of study. Finally, the committee the committee contributes to the reviews
coordination and coherence.
AIMS:-
An Editorial Committee May observe the subject boards which may have meeting on regular
intervals to discuss the latest news & trends regarding nursing practices & nursing education.
OBJECTIVES:-
1. To display the newspapers & writing quotations in the bulletin board.
2. To motivate the students to prepare wall magazine.
3. To edit articles, literature & other current information to be published in the magazine.
4. Identify appropriate conferences for editors to attend.
5. Approaching potential contributors.
6. Identifying new topics for research publication special edition and advising on direction
for the journal – giving feedback on past issues and making suggestions for both subject
matter and potential authors.
7. Provide content by writing occasional editorials and other short articles.
8. Promote original thinking and exchange of ideas, concept and their applicability at
platform.
9. Promote a wider scope of publication of theoretical / empirical / applied research papers,
articles, case studies, monographs, book reviews and doctoral dissertations.
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Abbreviations:-
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
Definitions and Terms
1) Editorial: Relating to the commissioning or preparing of material for publication.
A newspaper article expressing the editors opinion on a topical issue.
2) Committee: a group of people appointed for a specific function by a large group and typically
consisting of members of that group.
3) Editorial chief: an editor chief is the manager of any print or digital publication, from
physical newspapers to online magazines.
4) Associate editor: associate editors are entry level publishing professionals who assist in
various prior to print editing processes.
5) Web editor: web editors are usually responsible for the content and image used on a website.
6) Management representative: management representative means any individual working at or
above the level of supervisor or crew chief who is responsible for directing the work of
employees and who exercises independent judgment with respect to the direction of such
work.
7) Manuscript editor: it refers to revising the manuscript content to improve clarity, readability,
and overall flow. The focus is also on correcting grammar, spelling and punctuation.
8) Quotations: a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than
the original author or speaker.
9) Literature: books and writings published on a particular subject.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities: -
General Responsibilities of All the Members:-
1. Each & every member of the editorial board should make conscious efforts to invite
quality research articles through their networks.
2. Alumni (faculty, non faculty and students) of the college may be motivated by emails and
requested to contribute good articles and book reviews for the journals.
3. Faculty members of the college should be encouraged to write articles & book reviews
related to their work area.
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4. Students of the college should be stimulates/supported to write good articles or book
reviews related to area of interest or their research topics.
5. They should strive to increase awareness of the journals, encourage colleagues &
students to read &subscribe.
6. An editorial board meeting will be held before & after the publication for the discussion
of any issues.
7. It is mandatory for all the members to attend the editorial boards meetings related to
perspective regularly. Agenda for every meeting must be prepared & circulated well in
advance to all the members.
Editorial board responsibility:
All editorial board members must obey the direction provided by the editor-in-
chief of the journal.
Once the plagiarism check is completed every article will be assigned with an
editor and if the article is in the area of Editors research interested, it is expected
that assigned editor will take up the assignment at an earliest possible time. If he
or she wants to deny the assignment due to some personal reason, that should also
be informed to the editorial office at an earliest possible convenience.
Assigned editor should not have any conflict of interest with any assignment, if so
then he or she should decline the assignment stating the proper reason to the
editorial office.
It is mandatory that every editor treat each author with proper dignity, courtesy,
fair behavior irrespective of considering the matter and fate of the article.
Honest and transparency is must to become an Editorial Board Member, where an
editor should judge every submission equally and transparently.
Editor-in-chief can take the final decision for any publication oriented issues.
If required editor may provide the necessary guidelines and dictate the process of
submission to the author.
Editor should not reveal any information regarding the author, reviewer or the
article information to anyone, complete confidentiality maintenance is mandatory.
Editor should be responsible for a fast and transparent review process, if required
editor may take support from the editorial office.
Providing the final judgment on the article assigned within the allotted time with
proper reason and clarification should be done by the editor.
Editor should remember the policy of fast and effective peer review and further
process ,therefore , should communicate with the reviewers or authors depending
on the stage of article processing in case of any delay.
Editor should be responsible for any query regarding reconsideration of editorial
decisions and should provide the decision quickly and clearly with proper reasons.
Editor is responsible for establishing such protocol.
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Once the assigned editor is notified by the editorial office regarding any
information at any stage of the publication process for an assigned manuscript, the
editor should respond as early as possible.
Along with the publisher, the editorial board members are responsible for timely
publishing the accepted articles.
Role of committee member:
1. Chairperson: Take the final decision for any publication oriented issues.
2. Management representative: supervise and oversee the editorial production, from idea
generation to publication
3. Editorial chief: The most senior editor who has overall responsibility for the journal.
4. Associate editor: A managing editor who commissions articles; coordinates peer
review ; liaises with authors , reviewer and board members; write short editorials,
news and research highlights, and carries out heavy developmental / technical editing
of manuscripts.
5. Manuscript editor: An editor responsible for lighter editing of manuscripts.
6. Web editor: An editor responsible for the online content.
Role of an Editor:-
1. The secretary will be the editor of the committee
2. The editor will have full authority to determine the editorial content the journal & will be
responsible for the accuracy of the same.
3. She will review the work of editorial board closely & regularly & make
recommendations arising from the review.
4. She will observe timely the publications of the journals.
5. She will chair the meetings editorial boards.
6. The editor will provide a forum for members of the editorial boards to supply & discuss
ideas for the development of the journals.
7. The editor will also liaise with the publisher of the journal.
8. Solicit articles/manuscripts for every issue of the journal.
9. Identify & suggest key topics to include in the journal & invite key authors on these
topics to submit an article.
10. Identify key contributed research, workshops or panel topics from meetings/conferences
suitable for publications in perspective in social work & invite presenters to submit an
article.
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Procedure:
1. Submission
2. Assignment of an editor
3. Preliminary evaluation
4. Review of manuscript
5. Revision and Withdrawl of the manuscript
6. Approval by the committee
7. English proof by an English editor and author
8. Technical edit
9. Proof reading by chief, associate editor and author.
10. Publication
An editorial process is more than a set of guidelines to help writers develop ideas and adopt
the right voice. It also provides a structure for content production. Content is produced by the
students and faculty and then edited by the editors.
Editorial boards meet on a regular basis to discuss the latest news and opinion trends and
discuss what the newspaper should say on a range of issues. They will then decide who will write
what editorial and for what day.
Students of the college and faculty should be stimulated / supported to write good articles or
book reviews related to area of interest or their research topics. All manuscript submitted to the
committee and will undergo extensive peer review by our editorial committee member. Once we
receive an article, our editorial committee runs a plagiarism and check and screens the article to
decide whether or not it should be sent for peer review.
Acceptance decisions on articles can be taken by the academic editor(chairperson, secretary
and another suitable editorial committee member) after peer review once a minimum of two
review reports have been received .
The editor can select from the following options:
Accept in current form, accept with minor revisions, reject and decline resubmission, reject
but encourage resubmission, ask author for revision, or ask for an additional reviewer.
Articles can only be accepted for publication by an academic editor.
References:
1) http://www.mdpi.com
2) http://www.naraynanursingjournal.com
3) http://sbvu.ac.in
4) http://www.theaudiopedia.com
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MMRI’s Kamalnayan Bajaj Nursing College Aurangabad
Editorial Committee
Academic year (2021-22)
Sr. No Members Designation
1 Dr. Supriya Chinchpure Chairperson
2 Management Representative
3 Mrs. Vaishali Dalvi Editorial Chief
4 Mr. Amol Sable Associate Editor
5 Ms. Aishwarya Tathe Manuscript Editor
6 Mr. Varad Naik Web Editor
7 Ms. Tejaswini Suste Student Representative
8. Ms. Rashi Katkar Student Representative
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