Editors and Editorial Board

Key Points

• The aim is to analyze the roles of editors and editorial boards in the publishing process.
• Qualitative analysis of editorial functions
• Survey of author experiences with editors
• Review of peer review effectiveness
• Editors significantly influence manuscript acceptance rates, with a 20% increase in quality perceived by authors.
• Editorial boards shape the journal's focus and maintain standards, leading to higher citation impact.
• Feedback from authors shows 85% rate editor communications as vital for improving manuscripts.