AMG Transcend Association maintains a publisher-level governance framework designed to distinguish publishing responsibilities from journal-level editorial decision-making. Each journal operates within the publisher\u2019s general standards for editorial quality, research integrity, transparency, and responsible scholarly publishing, while editorial decisions concerning individual manuscripts remain within the journal\u2019s editorial structure.<\/p>\n
Governance Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n Editorial governance operates at two related levels:<\/p>\n Responsibilities may be delegated within this structure, but delegation does not remove accountability for the responsibilities assigned to each role.<\/p>\n Publisher Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n AMG Transcend Association is responsible for maintaining the organizational and publishing framework within which its journals operate. This includes supporting appropriate editorial policies, publishing infrastructure, administrative and technical processes, and mechanisms for addressing matters relating to publication ethics and the integrity of the scholarly record.<\/p>\n The publisher may establish general requirements applicable across its journal portfolio. Individual journals may adopt additional or more detailed procedures appropriate to their scope, editorial structure, and types of content.<\/p>\n Publisher-level administrative, organizational, financial, or commercial considerations must not determine the acceptance or rejection of individual manuscripts.<\/p>\n Editors-in-Chief and Journal Editorial Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n The Editor-in-Chief of each journal has primary responsibility for the journal\u2019s editorial direction and for oversight of its editorial and peer-review processes.<\/p>\n Editors-in-Chief are responsible for ensuring that manuscripts are evaluated in accordance with the journal\u2019s scope, editorial standards, peer-review procedures, and applicable ethical policies. They may delegate manuscript handling or other editorial responsibilities to qualified editors, provided that the delegated editor has the authority necessary to perform the assigned role independently.<\/p>\n Final editorial responsibility remains within the journal\u2019s editorial governance structure.<\/p>\n Editors, Editorial Boards, and Peer Reviewers<\/strong><\/p>\n Editors and Editorial Board members contribute scientific and professional expertise to the operation and development of the journals. Depending on their assigned responsibilities, they may participate in manuscript assessment, reviewer selection, peer-review oversight, editorial recommendations, policy development, or other journal activities.<\/p>\n Peer reviewers provide independent expert assessments that inform editorial decisions. Reviewers do not make the final decision on publication, and their recommendations are considered by the responsible editor together with the manuscript, the review reports, author responses, and applicable journal policies.<\/p>\n Editorial authority must be exercised on the basis of scholarly merit, relevance, integrity, and the journal\u2019s editorial requirements.<\/p>\n Editorial and Technical Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n Editorial, administrative, and technical personnel support manuscript processing, communications, workflow management, production, publication, and maintenance of the journal record.<\/p>\n Operational staff may facilitate editorial procedures but do not override the scientific judgment of the editor responsible for a manuscript or independently determine whether a manuscript is accepted or rejected.<\/p>\n The distinction between editorial judgment and operational support is maintained throughout the publication process.<\/p>\n Delegation, Conflicts of Interest, and Recusal<\/strong><\/p>\n Editorial responsibilities may be delegated when appropriate, including when subject expertise, workload, or a potential conflict of interest requires another editor to assume responsibility for a manuscript.<\/p>\n Editors must not handle manuscripts where circumstances could reasonably compromise, or appear to compromise, their impartiality. In such cases, responsibility is transferred to another qualified editor who can exercise independent authority over the relevant editorial process.<\/p>\n AMG Transcend Association recognizes that an individual may hold both publisher-level and journal-level responsibilities. In particular, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu serves as President of AMG Transcend Association and as Editor-in-Chief<\/strong>. These responsibilities are distinct even when held by the same individual.<\/p>\n Where this dual role creates a conflict of interest in relation to a particular manuscript or editorial matter, the individual must recuse himself from the relevant editorial process, and responsibility must be assigned to another qualified editor with independent authority over the evaluation and decision.<\/p>\n Detailed requirements concerning competing interests, editor-authored submissions, recusal, and editorial independence are addressed in the applicable publisher and journal policies.<\/p>\n Policy Oversight and Accountability<\/strong><\/p>\n AMG Transcend Association maintains publisher-level editorial policies and expects its journals to implement them consistently while maintaining procedures appropriate to their individual scope and editorial operations.<\/p>\n Editors-in-Chief are accountable for the application of editorial standards within their journals. Editors and reviewers are accountable for carrying out the responsibilities assigned to them in accordance with applicable policies, confidentiality requirements, ethical standards, and conflict-of-interest provisions.<\/p>\n Concerns relating to editorial conduct, publication ethics, conflicts of interest, complaints, corrections, or other matters affecting the scholarly record are addressed through the relevant journal and publisher procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AMG Transcend Association maintains a publisher-level governance framework designed to distinguish publishing responsibilities from journal-level editorial decision-making. Each journal operates within the publisher\u2019s general standards for editorial quality, research integrity, transparency, and responsible scholarly publishing, while editorial decisions concerning individual manuscripts remain within the journal\u2019s editorial structure. 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