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Responsibilities of Editorial Board members and Guest Editors, the journal's ethical commitments to editors, and how editorial decisions are made.

Welcome, Editors

Editors safeguard the scholarly record. This page is the role-oriented reference for Editorial Board members, Associate Editors, and Guest Editors of Special Issues. The full policy text lives under Publication Ethics — Section B.

Editorial Responsibilities

  1. Accept manuscripts free of any conflict of interest. Editorial decisions must be based solely on academic and scientific value, importance, originality, and quality.
  2. Cooperate with authors and reviewers throughout the publishing process.
  3. Protect the confidentiality of all submitted papers.
  4. Authorize corrections (minor or major) to a published article when needed.
  5. Initiate retractions according to the COPE retraction guidelines when warranted.
  6. Ensure that all new submissions are screened for plagiarism using iThenticate / Turnitin.

Editorial Decisions

After receiving reviewer reports the handling Editor may issue one of the following decisions:

  • Accept — the manuscript can proceed directly to production.
  • Minor Revision — small changes required; usually no further peer review.
  • Major Revision — substantive changes required; the revised manuscript will normally be re-reviewed.
  • Reject — the manuscript is not suitable for publication in Materiale Plastice.

Editors must provide a clear rationale for the decision, especially for rejection, and communicate it to the corresponding author.

Guest Editors of Special Issues

Guest Editors lead the editorial process for a defined Special Issue. Responsibilities include:

  • Defining the topic scope, keywords, and submission deadline (in collaboration with the Editor-in-Chief).
  • Inviting peer reviewers with relevant subject expertise.
  • Making editorial decisions on submitted manuscripts within the Special Issue scope.
  • Ensuring all Special Issue manuscripts go through the same rigorous peer review as regular submissions.
  • Declaring conflicts of interest and recusing themselves from handling manuscripts where a conflict exists.

See Special Issues for currently open and closed calls. To propose a new Special Issue, contact office@revmaterialeplastice.ro.

Journal Commitments to Editors

In return, Materiale Plastice commits to:

  • Provide editorial-management infrastructure for tracking submissions, assignments, and decisions.
  • Run plagiarism checks before manuscripts reach the editor's desk.
  • Maintain the journal's indexing (WoS, Scopus, Crossref, DOAJ) so editorial decisions count toward an editor's academic record.
  • Recognize editorial service in annual reports and via Doctor Honoris Causa nominations where appropriate.
  • Provide a clear path for editors to raise concerns about a manuscript, a reviewer, or a conflict situation.

Editor Conflicts of Interest

Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where:

  • They are an author or co-author.
  • They have a recent professional collaboration (typically within 3 years) with any author.
  • They have a financial relationship with any author or the authors' institution.
  • They are unable to evaluate the manuscript objectively for any other reason.

In such cases the manuscript is reassigned to another editor by the Editor-in-Chief.

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