The Editorial Team of Global Insights in Public and Preventive Health (GIPPH) is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of scientific rigor and social responsibility. Our editors—including the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors—operate under the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Core Practices to ensure that public health research is evaluated fairly, transparently, and ethically.

Core Editorial Responsibilities

1. Scientific Merit & Public Health Impact Editors are responsible for evaluating manuscripts based solely on their scientific quality, epidemiological robustness, and potential to inform preventive medicine. Decisions are made without bias regarding the authors' gender, race, citizenship, religious beliefs, or institutional affiliation.

2. Management of Peer Review Editors ensure a disciplined Single-Blind Peer Review process for every submission. Key duties include:

• Assigning a minimum of two independent, external reviewers with documented expertise in the relevant public health domain.
• Ensuring reviewers have no competing interests with the authors or the research findings.
• Maintaining a streamlined workflow to uphold our 25–30 day publication cycle.

3. Confidentiality & Integrity Editors must treat all submitted manuscripts as confidential documents. Unpublished data or insights obtained through the peer-review process must not be used for personal research or shared with third parties. The identity of reviewers must be protected at all times to ensure an unbiased evaluation environment.

4. Editorial Independence GIPPH maintains strict editorial independence from the publisher, NEO-ART EXCELLENCE HUB PRIVATE LIMITED. Editorial decisions are based on scientific evidence and are not influenced by commercial interests, advertising revenue, or institutional pressures.

5. Ethical Oversight & Misconduct Management In accordance with COPE guidelines, editors are responsible for identifying and addressing any instances of research misconduct.

• Plagiarism: Every manuscript undergoes mandatory screening via Turnitin/iThenticate.
• Ethics Approval: For population-based studies, editors verify the inclusion of Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Ethics Committee approvals.
• Data Integrity: Editors take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred (e.g., data fabrication or guest authorship).

6. Conflict of Interest Disclosure Editors must recuse themselves from handling any manuscript where they have a conflict of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors or institutions.

7. Transparency & Corrections Editors are the guardians of the scholarly record. If errors or ethical concerns are discovered after publication, the editorial team will promptly issue:

• Corrigenda: To correct significant author errors.
• Errata: To correct production-related errors.
• Retractions: In cases of proven misconduct or fundamental scientific flaws.

8. Professional Communication Editors provide authors with clear, constructive feedback and a detailed rationale for all editorial decisions (Accept, Revision, or Reject).