einstein (São Paulo) uses an online submission system to manage its editorial process.

Manuscripts are first received by our journal’s editorial office, which is responsible for checking the submission checklist, the quality of images, tables, and graphs, and the authors’ Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) iDs. If any document does not comply with the journal’s instructions for authors, the corresponding author will be notified by email and asked to provide the required document within a specified deadline.

Both the Editor-in-Chief and the Scientific Editor conduct an initial evaluation of all manuscripts. Following this preliminary approval, manuscripts are assigned to Associate Editors, who are experts in the relevant subject area. They assess the work based on its importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to the field. The Associate Editors then either send the manuscript out for peer review or recommend rejection. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two experts, and up to five reviewers can be invited through the online submission system.

Following peer review, the -returns the manuscript to the authors to address the reviewers’ comments. Once the revised version is received, it is either reviewed by the Associate Editor or sent back to the original reviewers, depending on the nature of the requested revisions.

Based on the reviewers’ recommendations, the Associate Editor forwards their recommendation to the Editor-in-Chief, who makes the final decision. The corresponding author is notified of this final decision by email.

After this process, accepted articles are copyedited and sent for typesetting and formatting.

 

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