Information for Editors
Information for Editors
CSCHOLAR is an academic open access publisher based in Colorado, USA, and was initially founded in 2024 to collect and preserve rare academic research samples.
Open Access mean that readers can access published material for free, without paying a subscription charge. CSCHOLAR articles are freely available immediately after publication. This means that researchers, students, and interested lay people from anywhere in the world have rapid access to the latest research through CSCHOLAR journals. All CSCHOLAR content is distributed under a Creative Commons open access license.
We finance publication through article processing charges (APC), paid by authors and their institutions. APCs cover the cost of managing the peer review process, professional copy-editing, and promotion of published research CSCHOLAR has no other source of income.
For authors, open access means a potentially wider circle of readers for their research papers, with some research suggesting that open access papers are more highly cited.
At CSCHOLAR, we believe that open access offers value for money for researchers—our income per article is substantially lower than established subscription publishers. We offer a good deal for funding bodies—outcomes can be widely circulated and no barrier for reading offers transparency to those footing the bill. We also offer transparency to tax payers, who indirectly fund a great deal of research—through open access they have the opportunity to see the results of their contributions.
Currently, CSCHOLAR publishes several journals, which are available online in open access format on the www.cscholar.com. CSCHOLAR continuously launches new journals in response to academic developments, and to be able to serve additional research communities and their needs.
CSCHOLAR is headquartered in USA. The in-house staff consists of Managing Editors, Assistant Editors, Production Editors, English Editors, Copyeditors, Data Specialists, Software Engineers and Administrative Specialists. Except for most English Editors, all are employed by CSCHOLAR and its subsidiaries and work at the CSCHOLAR offices. Our collaborating editors on our Editorial Boards are typically employed at academic institutions or corporate research facilities located all over the world. The contact with the in-house editorial staff is mainly by e-mail and telephone. The in-house editorial staff normally work for several journals related to their educational background. Assistant Editors process manuscripts through the peer-review and production procedures; Managing Editors have the editorial responsibility for the journals; Production Editors, English Editors, Copyeditors and Data Specialists are responsible for putting accepted content into a publishable format (full-text PDF, XML and HTML versions). Contact information can be found at https://www.cscholar.com/contact.html .
Articles submitted to CSCHOLAR journals are subject to strict peer-reviewing. In most journals, this process is double-blind peer review (where reviewers do not know the identity of the authors, and authors do not know the identity of the reviewers). The CSCHOLAR online submission system, Journal, incorporates online tools for manuscript submission, peer-reviewing and editorial decision making. Reviewers and external editors do not need to have an account with the CSCHOLAR submission system in order to finish the tasks assigned to them. Rather, the system will recognize the reviewers and external editors through one-time usable IDs found in the URLs. Editors-in-Chief and Guest Editors can view articles submitted to their journal or Special Issue via Susy at any time. Academic Editors must keep the manuscript, including the abstract and any supplementary information or data, confidential during the peer review and publication process. For more details please see our Ethical Guidelines
The Instructions for Authors page on the website of each CSCHOLAR journal guides authors through preparing and submitting their manuscripts.
Once a manuscript is submitted, the submission is received by the in-house Managing Editor, who will subsequently coordinate the whole editorial process for the manuscript: peer-review, decision making, possible author revisions, manuscript acceptance, copyediting, English editing, proofreading and final publication. An in-house Assistant Editor will be assigned to the submitted article and will send review invitations.
At least two reports per manuscript are collected for each manuscript—three if the first two differ substantially. Reviewers must hold a PhD, cannot have published with the authors in the past three years, and must have recent publications in the field of the submitted manuscript.
The Editor-in-Chief, Guest Editor, or a suitable Editorial Board member can make the final acceptance or rejection decision for a manuscript, usually after the author’s revisions. We typically allow no more than two rounds of major revisions.
After the acceptance of an article for publication, the in-house editorial staff organize the production of the paper, which entails copyediting, English editing and final production in preparation for publication on the journal website. All journals are structured in yearly volumes and either monthly or quarterly issues. Nevertheless, articles are published online immediately after their acceptance and production.
In many CSCHOLAR journals, Academic Editors who have made the acceptance decision for a manuscript, after full peer-review, have the option to include their name and role as the Academic Editor on the published manuscript. This is at the Academic Editor’s discretion. Guest Editors of Special Issues are required to have their name(s) included on manuscripts they have accepted for publication.
For society-owned journals, please visit their respective websites as roles and responsibilities may differ.
The Editor-in-Chief is a champion of the journal and their discipline. They supervise journal activities, with the aim to ensure success of the journal within the scientific community. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the scientific quality and development of the journal. The Editor-in-Chief is expected to maintain connection to the Editorial Board and assist the Editorial Office in the management of the journal. The initial term is for 2 years, which entails:
The Section Editor-in-Chief is a leader in their particular field, and is responsible for the scientific quality of a particular section of a journal. The Section Editor-in-Chief is expected to oversee the growth and development of the journal Sections and its board members. The initial term is for 2 years, which entails:
The Co-Section Editor-in-Chief is an expert in the field of a particular section of a journal, and is responsible for the scientific quality of the section together with the Section Editor-in-Chief. The Co-Section Editor-in-Chief is expected to oversee the growth and development of the journal Section and oversee its Special Issues and Collections. The initial term is for 2 years, which entails:
The Associate Editor is expected to maintain regular communication with the Managing Editor and Publishing Manager of the journal, and to other CSCHOLAR staff as needed, and be responsive when support is requested. The Associate Editor should support Editor-in-Chief and Section Editor-in-Chief of the journal to:
The Advisory Board Members will provide guidance to the Editor-in-Chief regarding journal development strategies and policies. The initial term is for 2 years, which entails:
The Editorial Board Members will be responsible for final decisions on manuscripts in their field of expertise, will edit Special Issues and they may be invited to review manuscripts. The initial term is for 2 years, which entails:
For publishing proposals, including the transfer of existing journals, the launch of new titles or the conversion of subscription journals to open access, please contact the New Journal Committee.
Comments and Questions
Please use the Contact Form for general or support inquiries with CSCHOLAR. If you wish to contact a journal's Editorial Office, please visit the journal pages to see the Editorial Office contact information. For a list of CSCHOLAR offices, addresses and phone numbers, please see https://www.cscholar.com/contact.html .