Editor Resources
Editors receive practical resources to support ethical, timely, and consistent decisions.
Templates and guidance improve transparency across manuscript handling.
Resource Overview
Editor resources support consistent, ethical, and efficient decision making. Templates and checklists help align review outcomes across diverse study designs in integrative health.
Resources are updated regularly to reflect evolving reporting standards and data sharing expectations.
Decision Support
Templates for clear and consistent letters
Ethics Guidance
Conflict of interest and consent checklists
Reporting Standards
Guidance by study design and intervention type
Resources
- Reviewer selection guidance and expertise matching
- Decision letter templates for major outcomes
- Ethics and conflict of interest checklists
- Reporting guideline references by study design
Support
The editorial office provides workflow support, reviewer reminders, and assistance with complex ethics cases.
Senior editors can advise on disputes, appeals, or potential misconduct investigations.
Training and Updates
Periodic updates cover changes in reporting guidelines, data sharing expectations, and reviewer best practices.
Escalation Guidance
Editors should escalate potential misconduct, authorship disputes, or data integrity concerns to the editorial office for coordinated review.
Workflow Tools
Editors can request templates for reviewer invitations, reminders, and decision summaries to maintain consistent communication.
Standardized tools reduce delays and support a transparent review process.
Reviewer Quality Support
Guidance is available for evaluating reviewer performance, managing delays, and addressing conflicting reviews. Editors can request additional methodological input when needed.
Continuous Improvement
Editors receive feedback on decision timelines and review outcomes to support consistent performance. The editorial office can provide additional training or support when workflows become complex.
Ethics Templates
Templates are available to document ethics approvals, consent statements, and conflict disclosures during initial screening.
- Ethics approval verification checklist
- Conflict disclosure review template
- Data availability statement checklist
Communication Guidance
Editors can use standardized language for decision letters and reviewer reminders to keep communication consistent and respectful.
Reviewer Engagement
Guidance is available for recognizing reviewer contributions and managing reviewer fatigue. Thoughtful engagement helps maintain a reliable reviewer pool.
Consistent reviewer engagement supports stable timelines and stronger decision quality.
These tools help editors build long term reviewer relationships.
Stronger relationships improve review reliability.
Stable networks benefit authors.
Connect With the Editorial Office
We can provide policy guidance and additional resources.
