GGSR’s management arrangements distinguish responsibility for scholarly judgement from the administration of submission, production, publication, and author charges. This separation supports consistent editorial assessment and makes the journal’s decision-making responsibilities clear to authors and readers.

Editorial responsibility

The Editor-in-Chief, or an authorized editor acting within the journal’s procedures, is responsible for decisions on scholarly content. Handling editors evaluate suitability, appoint reviewers, assess reports, and determine whether revision, acceptance, or rejection is appropriate. The Editorial Board contributes disciplinary expertise and advice on the journal’s academic development. Membership of the board does not provide preferential treatment for a manuscript.

Editors assess the significance and reliability of an argument independently of the author’s institutional standing, nationality, political position, or ability to pay. Funding, sponsorship, commercial relationships, and administrative preferences must not determine the outcome of scholarly review.

Publishing administration

The Editorial Office coordinates manuscript correspondence, checks submission completeness, supports the review workflow, and communicates production requirements. Publishing administration manages accepted files, metadata, proofs, access arrangements, and official payment instructions. Administrative checks establish whether the submission can be processed; they do not replace editorial assessment.

Questions about the journal’s legal or administrative particulars may be directed to the Editorial Office. Official correspondence should identify the journal and the matter concerned so that it can be referred to the responsible person.

Conflicts and independent handling

An editor must not handle their own work or a submission involving a relationship or interest that compromises impartiality. Such manuscripts are assigned to an independent editor. Guest editors operate under journal oversight and follow the same confidentiality, review, and conflict-of-interest requirements as regular editors.

Accountability

Authors and readers may raise procedural concerns under Complaints & Appeals. A complaint concerning a handling editor is considered by another authorized editor without the relevant conflict. Questions about administration should be directed to [email protected]; concerns about the reliability of published work should identify the article and the supporting evidence.