All submitted manuscripts will undergo a preliminary check, plagiarism screening, independent expert peer review, and editorial peer review (for edited books).

Preliminary Check: The editorial office will review manuscripts for compliance with the manuscript preparation guidelines. Articles that do not comply will be returned to the authors for revision to meet the required standards.

Plagiarism Check: Manuscripts that meet the formatting guidelines will be screened for plagiarism using iThenticate, in collaboration with CrossRef. iThenticate generates a "similarity index," which indicates the extent of word-for-word similarity with previously published literature. Manuscripts with a similarity index exceeding 10% will be returned to the authors without peer review for corrective action. For manuscripts with a similarity index between 1% and 10%, decisions will be made based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on text recycling. Manuscripts that pass the plagiarism check will proceed to expert peer review.

Independent Expert Peer Review: Manuscripts that pass the preliminary and plagiarism checks will undergo a single-blind peer review by at least one independent expert in the relevant field, as well as the editor. Based on the reviewers' assessments, the editor will decide whether to reject the manuscript, accept it without revisions, or request revisions and resubmission. Decisions to reject a manuscript are final and cannot be appealed.

For manuscripts requiring revisions, authors must address all comments from the reviewers and editors. The editor will evaluate the revised submission for compliance and make a final decision. Once satisfied with the final version, the editor will forward the manuscript to the publisher. The editor’s decision is final, and the publisher does not influence or interfere with editorial decisions.

Manuscripts Authored by Editors: Chapters written by editors will be independently reviewed by at least two experts in the field. Editors must address all reviewer comments. The revised chapters will be reassessed by the reviewers before a final decision is made.

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Publication

Upon acceptance, the chapters will undergo copyediting and typesetting. A publication-ready PDF will be sent to the authors for final approval. After approval, the manuscripts will be published in PDF, HTML, and XML formats as open-access content under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Authors will retain copyright of their work. The book will be assigned an ISBN, and each manuscript will receive a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and be registered with CrossRef.

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Indexing

An application will be submitted to NCBI/NIH/NLM Bookshelf and Scopus for potential indexing.