Editors of the ACE Journal of Neurosciences (ACEJN) play a vital role in maintaining the journal's scientific quality, editorial independence, and publication ethics. Editors are expected to make fair, unbiased, and timely decisions while ensuring that every manuscript is evaluated solely on its academic merit, originality, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal's scope.

Editorial Responsibilities

Editors are responsible for:

• Conducting an initial assessment of submitted manuscripts.
• Ensuring that manuscripts fall within the journal's scope and meet the required scientific and ethical standards.
• Assigning suitable reviewers with appropriate subject expertise.
• Monitoring the peer-review process to ensure fairness, confidentiality, and timeliness.
• Making editorial decisions based on reviewer comments and the scientific merit of the manuscript.
• Maintaining the confidentiality of manuscripts and reviewer information throughout the editorial process.
• Promoting transparency, integrity, and excellence in scholarly publishing.

Editorial Decision-Making

Editorial decisions should be based exclusively on:

• Scientific quality and originality.
• Methodological rigor.
• Ethical compliance.
• Significance of the research findings.
• Relevance to neuroscience and related disciplines.
• Reviewer recommendations.

Editors must not allow commercial interests, advertising, sponsorship, institutional affiliations, nationality, gender, race, religion, or political beliefs to influence editorial decisions.

Confidentiality

Editors must treat all submitted manuscripts and related correspondence as confidential documents. Information obtained during the editorial process must not be shared with unauthorized individuals or used for personal or professional advantage.

Conflict of Interest

Editors should disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest that could affect their impartiality. Editors with conflicts of interest must recuse themselves from handling the affected manuscript, and an alternative editor will be assigned.

Publication Ethics

ACEJN follows internationally recognized publication ethics and editorial best practices. Editors are expected to follow the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) when addressing issues related to:

• Plagiarism
• Duplicate publication
• Data fabrication or falsification
• Image manipulation
• Authorship disputes
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest
• Ethical concerns involving human or animal research

Editors should investigate ethical concerns promptly and take appropriate action, including requesting revisions, issuing corrections, rejecting manuscripts, or recommending retractions when necessary.

Communication with Authors and Reviewers

Editors should:

• Communicate professionally, respectfully, and promptly.
• Provide clear editorial decisions supported by reviewer comments.
• Ensure that reviewer feedback remains constructive and objective.
• Maintain the confidentiality of reviewer identities where applicable.

Timeliness

Editors should make every effort to ensure an efficient editorial workflow by minimizing unnecessary delays in manuscript screening, peer review, revision, and final decision-making while maintaining high editorial standards.

Continuous Improvement

Editors are encouraged to remain informed about developments in scholarly publishing, publication ethics, peer-review practices, and editorial policies to ensure that ACEJN maintains the highest standards of academic publishing.