Guidance on your journal’s editorial threshold

To ensure all manuscripts receive fair and equal consideration when submitted to Hindawi journals, we are introducing a clear editorial threshold against which manuscripts should be measured.

Research published in your journal must be:

• Scientifically valid – adhering to accepted community standards of research. 
• Technically accurate in its methods and results. 
• Representative of a specific advance, or replication, or null/negative result, which is worthy of publication. 
• As reproducible as possible – sharing underlying data, code, and supporting materials wherever able. 
• Ethically sound - adhering to best practice with respect to animal and human studies, consent to publish, and clear declaration of potential conflicts of interests, both real and perceived. 

Journals should not reject on the grounds of novelty, interest, or perceived impact. Additionally, as we are an online journal with no limit on page count, no editor should make a decision based on article length or a consideration of space constraints.

For more information on our editorial policy please read our guide.

Please reach out to your Researcher Engagement Manager if you have any questions about this.