Editorial Policies
IJAA maintains transparent editorial policies to ensure fair, rigorous, and ethical review of amino acid research.
Glycine
Simplest amino acidLeucine
Branched-chain essentialTryptophan
Aromatic precursorCysteine
Disulfide bondsCore Standards
Peer Review Model
IJAA uses single blind peer review. Reviewers are anonymous to authors and evaluate scientific rigor and clinical relevance.
Conflicts And Funding
Editors and reviewers disclose conflicts. Authors must report funding and potential competing interests.
Research Integrity
Plagiarism, data fabrication, and image manipulation are grounds for rejection.
Ethics And Consent
Human and animal studies require approvals and consent documentation.
Corrections
Post publication corrections and retractions follow established procedures.
Appeals
Appeals must include scientific justification and are reviewed by senior editors.
Data Transparency
Clear data availability statements improve trust and reproducibility.
Questions about editorial policy? Contact [email protected] for guidance. Clear reporting supports strong editorial decisions. These policies apply consistently to all submissions.
Ethical Oversight
Policies address conflicts of interest, research integrity, and transparency across submissions.
Corrections
Post publication updates follow clear procedures to maintain the scholarly record.
Independence
Editorial decisions are based on scientific merit and independent of payment status.
Transparency
Conflicts and funding disclosures are required for all submissions.
Additional Notes
Clear documentation of methods, datasets, and limitations improves reproducibility and reader trust.
Quality Checks
Ensure nomenclature, units, and abbreviations follow standard biochemical conventions.
Visibility Support
Structured abstracts and precise keywords improve indexing performance across discovery services.
Policy Consistency Standards
Editorial policy only builds trust when applied consistently across manuscript types, institutions, and author profiles. IJAA applies documented criteria for conflicts, ethics, data transparency, and post publication correction procedures. This consistency strengthens governance integrity and protects confidence in decisions.
Integrity Escalation Process
When concerns arise, issues are handled through evidence based review, documented communication, and proportionate corrective action. Structured escalation protects both the scholarly record and author rights while maintaining timely resolution of serious integrity questions.
Reviewer And Author Accountability
Disclosure discipline, respectful review conduct, and transparent funding statements are required for publication quality control. Clear accountability standards reduce ambiguity and improve fairness across editorial workflows.
Post Publication Stewardship
Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions are handled with traceable documentation. Responsible stewardship is essential for long term reliability of the amino acid research record.
Publication Positioning
High performing manuscripts do more than report findings. They define scientific context, explain practical relevance, and communicate methodological limits clearly. For amino acid research, this positioning helps readers translate biochemical observations into hypotheses, intervention design, and evidence based decision pathways. Clear positioning also improves indexing relevance and long term citation discoverability across interdisciplinary audiences.
Operational Reliability
Editorial efficiency depends on complete files, transparent declarations, and timely author responses during review and revision cycles. Teams that maintain structured communication and compliance discipline typically publish faster and with fewer technical queries. This reliability protects publication timelines, supports stronger production quality, and improves downstream confidence in the final scholarly record.
Decision Traceability
Policy aligned decisions should be documented with evidence references and concise rationale so outcomes remain auditable and defensible. Traceability strengthens confidence for authors, reviewers, and governance stakeholders.
Consistency Across Cases
Applying the same policy logic to all manuscripts is essential for fairness and long term editorial credibility in high trust publishing environments.
Governance Reliability Indicator
Policy quality is measured by consistency, traceability, and response discipline. IJAA policy workflows prioritize documented decision logic, transparent correction handling, and proportional action for integrity concerns. This approach protects fairness and sustains long term confidence in editorial outcomes.
Trust Outcome
Stable policy execution improves author confidence, reviewer engagement, and institutional credibility.
Publication quality is strongest when methodological clarity, transparent data statements, and concise interpretation are aligned in a single narrative. This alignment improves reviewer confidence, reduces avoidable revision cycles, and supports long term discoverability across biochemistry, nutrition, and translational research audiences.
Transparent policy execution strengthens trust among authors, reviewers, and institutions.
Consistent policy application and documented rationale protect editorial credibility.
Policy consistency across all manuscripts is essential for defensible editorial governance.
Documented policy rationale strengthens transparency during complex editorial decisions.
Transparent governance protects editorial trust.
Policy traceability supports consistent editorial accountability.
Consistent policy records improve governance confidence for all stakeholders.
