Pre-Screening of Manuscripts :
A number of articles submitted / being submitted to the “Bioinformatics Trends” may not fall under its scope.
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The articles may not be having a minimum scientific standard that is normally required to grade a submission worth considering for onward detailed review.
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The submission instead may suit well for its publication in a different category of document, namely a Newsletter or Newspaper etc.
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It may be containing obsolete information, hence may not be graded as worthy for publication in the initial screening stage itself by the Editors/Reviewers.
Editors/Reviewers role
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Editors/Reviewers of “Bioinformatics Trends” are empowered to exercise the pre-screening. The said pre-screening by only one editor (reviewer) may be taken as conclusive to determine the suitability/non suitability of a manuscript to push it forward for detailed review (main screening) or reject it in the said initial screening process.
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Editors may seek the assistance/opinion from the “Bioinformatics Trends” en-listed Referees in this process also. “Bioinformatics Trends” Publication management team or administrators may witness the status of a manuscript and the comments received by it in this process, through respective manuscript management modules.
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Authority to give the final negative verdict, supported by relevant and precise comments however lies on the concerned Editor only.
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In case a manuscript withstands the prescreening test, it follows the onward process of a detailed review (main Screening). No comments are required in this case. The Editor in the pre-screening web page has only to set the Pre-Screening out-come option to pass. These prescreened manuscripts are now available for selection by same or different editors for detailed review (main screening).
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Editor may offer aforesaid negative precise comments on-line in support of his/her decision on pre-screening. “Bioinformatics Trends” Publication management team/administrators and the author(s) may witness the current status and comments through their respective manuscript management modules.
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Alternatively, the Editor may pass-on the said comments to the Publication management team of “Bioinformatics Trends” through issue of an email. The later, in turn forwards these comments to the Author.
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