Editor Guidelines
Editors help maintain the quality and integrity of Journal of Journal of Aging Research And Healthcare by guiding peer review and ensuring ethical standards.
- Assess scope fit and scientific relevance to aging research and healthcare
- Select qualified reviewers and manage the review process
- Provide clear recommendations based on reviewer feedback
- Uphold COPE and ICMJE guidance on ethics and integrity
- Originality, methodological rigor, and transparent reporting
- Appropriate ethics approval and consent statements
- Clear presentation of results and clinical or policy relevance
- Data availability statements and reporting checklist compliance
Editors must treat manuscripts as confidential and disclose conflicts of interest. If a conflict exists, editorial responsibility should be reassigned. Editors should not use unpublished information for personal research.
Provide timely, constructive guidance to authors and ensure that decisions are consistent with journal standards. When declining a manuscript, provide clear reasons and, when appropriate, recommend next steps.
Editors should confirm that submissions follow the Instructions for Authors, include required statements, and avoid inappropriate image manipulation. The journal uses single blind peer review. AI tools may be used for language assistance by authors, but their use must be disclosed. All manuscripts are subject to originality checks.
