Special Issue

About

A Special Issue is a collection of articles that drawing attention to a particular research area within the scope of a journal. Special issues usually attract more attention than regular issues and are a highly effective tool for increasing output of high-quality content and promoting a journal to a wider audience. Special Issue articles are often read more and highly cited.

Guest Editor

Peer review is the central pillar of trust of researchers by which the quality of research is judged. It is designed to assess the validity, quality and often the originality of articles for publication. All submitted manuscripts are read by the editorial staff to ensure that it conforms to the submission criteria, before being forwarded to the Editor. To save time for Editors, peer-reviewers and authors, only those papers that seem most likely to meet our editorial criteria are sent for the formal review process. Usually the peer review process is done by one Editor and two or more reviewers. Those papers judged by the editors to be of insufficient general interest (or) otherwise inappropriate are rejected promptly without external review. The Editor (or) Chief Editor reserves the right to reject or to return the manuscript to the author(s) for additional changes.

Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Guest editors should be responsive and well-organized. Guest Editors serve the same function as Academic Editors for submissions to the Special Issue.

Major Responsibilities

  • Supervise the whole peer-review process: Once submissions are received, review the article, and decide whether it is suitable to send for peer review.Decide whether an article is accepted for publication, after any final revisions are made.

  • Write an Editorial for the Special Issue after the processing of all submissions is finished.

For your Special Issue proposal, please suggest:

  • A tentative titlefor the Special Issue

  • Guest Editors affiliation

  • A one or two paragraph description of the scope

  • A suggested submission deadline

For a Special Issue to form a cohesive article collection, we typically expect at least 5-10 papers to be published, including novel research, reviews, and commentaries, etc. If you would like to propose a Special Issue topic for this journal, please contact the editorial office. Our editors will get back to you shortly.

Benefits of being a Guest Editor

  • Make a meaningful impact in your field.

  • Improving your academic profile and marking you out as influential within your discipline.

  • Strengthen and grow your research networks.

  • Increasing the visibility and impact of work published in the Special Issue.

  • Immediate, worldwide, and barrier-free Open Access Articles.

  • Handling manuscripts close to your professional interests and gaining a better understanding of latest research and editorial processes.

Time Schedule

Guest Editors should prepare a time schedule and inform the authors and reviewers of this. Guest Editors should keep in touch with the Co-Editors/Editorial office and publisher regarding the status of the Special Issue.

Submitting to a Special Issue

A Special Issue is a collection of articles that concentrates on a topical research area within the scope of a journal. Authors can submit the article to the journal’s editorial office.

Peer review process

Once submitted the articles submitted, they aredirectly assigned to the Guest Editors. Guest Editors will Supervise the whole peer-review. We only publish articles that have been approved by the highly qualified Guest Editors or Co-Editors with expertise in a field appropriate to the topic of the article.Guest Editors will make the final decision on acceptance.

For more information about the peer review process please visit:

https://japanjournalofmedicine.com/peer-review-process

Publication of Special Issues

All completed Special Issues can be found under "Published Special Issues" within the journal website.

Article Processing Charges

All papers submitted to Special Issues are subject to an Article Processing Charge (APC) if the manuscript is accepted for publication after peer review.