Editorial Board Duties

First: Organizational and Administrative Duties

• Preparing the journal’s annual plan, including setting publishing priorities, research themes, and publication schedules, as well as coordinating among editorial units such as editing, reviewing, language, and layout teams.
• Preparing and reviewing the journal’s general policies, including publication policy, peer review policy, plagiarism handling mechanisms, and publication ethics, with periodic updates to ensure alignment with national and international standards.
• Overseeing the publication schedule by ensuring adherence to the set biannual release dates, and reviewing the readiness of scientific content for publication within the approved timeline.

Second: Academic and Scientific Duties

• Conducting an initial evaluation of submitted manuscripts to verify their alignment with the journal’s scope and adherence to general scientific and formatting standards.
• Referring qualified and specialized reviewers for eligible manuscripts, ensuring no conflict of interest, and following up on receiving review reports within the specified time frame.
• Making the final decision regarding publication based on the reviewers’ reports and the authors’ responses, leading to acceptance, acceptance with revisions, rejection, or referral to a third reviewer.
• Communicating with authors to inform them of the review results, guide them in making the required revisions, and issuing official acceptance letters after confirming all conditions are met.

Third: Quality Assurance Duties

• Ensuring the quality of published scientific content by adhering to academic standards and research ethics, with careful monitoring of documentation, scientific style, and language accuracy.
• Conducting electronic plagiarism checks to ensure that submitted work is free from intellectual property violations or unreferenced use of sources.
• Evaluating reviewer performance by building and updating a database of active reviewers, tracking their timeliness and report quality, and excluding those who do not comply with the journal’s peer review standards.
• Continuously improving the journal’s quality by working to index it in local and international databases, adopting the DOI system for articles, and developing the journal’s website for better scientific access.

Fourth: Coordination and Outreach Duties

• Coordinating with the journal’s advisory board by presenting selected papers when needed and utilizing their opinions in publication and strategic development matters.
• Building an effective scientific network through cooperation with other journals, research institutions, and universities, and encouraging contributions from researchers outside the university to improve ranking and scientific diversity.
• Overseeing the print and digital publishing process in coordination with design and layout teams, reviewing the final version, and ensuring completeness of publication data.
• Promoting the journal scientifically and encouraging participation from local and international researchers.

Fifth: Legal and Ethical Duties

• Ensuring adherence to publishing ethics by seriously addressing complaints and violations such as plagiarism, conflict of interest, and duplicate submissions, and activating the retraction or correction policy when necessary to preserve the integrity of the scientific content.
• Maintaining records and correspondences by archiving peer review reports, official communications, and approval forms, while ensuring document availability when needed for auditing or academic accreditation.
• Following up with oversight bodies by preparing and submitting periodic performance reports to university management and relevant authorities, and contributing to fulfilling programmatic and institutional accreditation requirements.

Sixth: Evaluation and Development

• Conducting periodic evaluations of the journal’s performance, including publication quality, peer review efficiency, and scientific engagement level.
• Proposing continuous improvement mechanisms through the adoption of modern publishing tools such as artificial intelligence and content management systems.
• Monitoring key performance indicators such as the number of submissions, acceptance rates, and average time between submission and publication to enhance performance and support strategic decision-making.

Editor-in-Chief Responsibilities

• Overall supervision of the journal and ensuring its adherence to scientific publishing standards and academic ethics.
• Managing the editorial board, distributing tasks, and setting work priorities for each issue.
• Approving and periodically updating the peer review and publishing policies in coordination with the relevant university bodies.
• Participating in the selection of reviewers and editors and ensuring their commitment to standards.
• Monitoring the receipt and review of manuscripts and making the final decision on acceptance or rejection.
• Officially representing the journal before academic and research institutions inside and outside the university.
• Ensuring the journal’s indexing in international databases and working to improve its ranking.
• Approving the final issue for print and digital publication after thorough review.
• Resolving academic or ethical issues that may arise during the publishing process.
• Preparing periodic reports on the journal’s activity and performance and submitting them to the concerned authorities.

Editorial Board Member Responsibilities

• Participating in the initial review of manuscripts and assessing their compatibility with the journal’s specialization.
• Recommending reviewers according to the manuscript’s field and absence of conflict of interest.
• Following up on the receipt of review reports and verifying their quality and compliance with standards.
• Contributing to drafting and proposing updates to the journal’s internal policies.
• Supervising one of the journal’s themes or specialties according to their academic expertise.
• Communicating with authors and reviewers on behalf of the journal when needed.
• Participating in editing and reviewing the final version before publication.
• Proposing ways to improve the journal scientifically, technically, and organizationally.
• Representing the journal in academic events in coordination with the Editor-in-Chief.
• Participating in periodic journal performance evaluations and submitting development recommendations.