Open access publishing fosters the exchange of research results among scientists from different disciplines, thus facilitating interdisciplinary research. Open access publishing also provides access to research results to researchers worldwide, including those from developing countries, and to an interested general public. All the journals upheld by Universal Wiser are open accessed.

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.

For readers, all articles published in our journals are published open access and all content is free online.

2.1 Editorial Process

After the author submits a manuscript to the editor, all manuscripts sent for publication in our journals will be strictly and thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts. The managing editor of the journal will perform an initial check of the manuscript's suitability upon receipt. The editorial office will then organize the peer-review process performed by independent experts and collect at least two review reports per manuscript. After the peer-review, there may be authors' revision. The final decision of whether to accept the paper is made by the editor-in-chief or handling editor. Accepted articles are copy-edited and English-edited.

2.2 Peer-review

The process of peer-review is conducted by the reviewers who are professional in the field related to the paper. Through the peer-review, at least two reports per manuscript are collected for each manuscript—three if the advice from first two differs substantially. Reviewers must hold a Ph.D, have not published with the authors in the previous five years, and have recent publications in the field of the submitted manuscript. After the peer-review, 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 author's revision. We typically allow no more than two rounds of major revisions.

2.3 Production

After acceptance of an article for publication, the in-house editorial staff will organize the production of the paper, which entails copyediting, layout editing and final production in preparation for publication on the journal website. All journals are structured in yearly volumes and either in annual, monthly or quarterly issues. Nevertheless, articles are published online immediately after acceptance and production.

The editor-in-chief is the lead editor and ultimately responsible (usually by a contractual arrangement) for the academic content of the journal. His/her primary responsibilities usually include:

● Selecting the editorial board, in cooperation with your publishing contact;

● Directing the overall strategy of the journal (in cooperation with the publisher and the society, as applicable);

● Reviewing and deciding upon submitted manuscripts to ensure sustainable and timely copy flow;

● Acting as an ambassador for the journal, commissioning content and fielding submission enquires as appropriate;

● Continually engage the editorial board on the progress of the journal, update and include them on ideas for editorial development. The editorial board should be involved formally through an annual editorial board meeting or informally in ad hoc meetings and discussions;

● Provide strategic input into your journal's development. Your publishing contact will be in touch regularly to report on the journal's performance and suggest possible strategies for development, as well as discuss your suggestions;

● Highlight commercial advertising, supplement, and reprint opportunities, if these form important sources of income for your journal;

● Promote the journal to peers and colleagues.

The editorial board, sometimes known as the (editorial) advisory board, is a team of individuals in the journal's field. Editorial board members are encouraged to help to promote the journal among their peers or at conferences. The communication with editorial board members is done primarily by E-mail. The initial term for an editorial board membership can be renewed every year. An editorial board member may also step down from the position at any time if he or she feels overloaded by the requests from the journal's editorial office. Respectively, there is also a chance for an editorial board member to be promoted to editor-in-chief if they make a great contribution to the journal.
As an editor in the editorial board, you should be aware of your responsibility when invited to join the board:

• ● Reviewing submitted manuscripts;

• ● Advising on journal policy and scope;

• ● Identifying subjects and conferences for special issues which they might also help to organize and/or guest edit;

• ● Attracting new authors and submissions;

• ● Acting as advisers in the case of complex publishing ethics allegations;

• ● Ideally submitting some of their own work for consideration;

• ● Ensuring that the aims and scope of the journal, and therefore content, respond to any changes of direction in the field of study to incorporate newly-emerging work;

• ● Working closely with the journal's publishing staff to ensure that it is strategically developed in line with market evolution. Both you and the publishing staff will make recommendations in this regard, based on your complementary expertise and sources of information.