Scope Precision
Define inclusion boundaries so submissions remain coherent and relevant.
Proposed Special Issue
Propose a Special Issue in Inflammation Research
Lead focused conversations on emerging inflammatory mechanisms and therapeutic strategy.
IJIR welcomes special issue proposals that address timely inflammation research questions with clear scientific boundaries, practical editorial plans, and measurable audience value. Proposals should define the central problem, expected contribution, and why the theme is strategically important now.
Theme
Clarity first
Guest
Editor support
Workflow
Structured
Impact
Global reach
What a Strong Proposal Demonstrates
The most successful proposals combine topical urgency with realistic delivery planning.
Scientific Need
Explain evidence gap and the practical value of thematic synthesis.
Execution Plan
Provide a timeline with reviewer and editorial responsibility assumptions.
How IJIR Evaluates Special Issue Concepts
Concept strength and operational feasibility are assessed together during proposal review.
Topic Differentiation
Show how your proposed theme advances discussion beyond existing issue collections. For this requirement, clear documentation reduces ambiguity in methodological interpretation and protects quality without adding unnecessary delay.
Guest Editor Fit
Describe editorial expertise and oversight experience relevant to the proposed focus. In this requirement, stronger reporting discipline prevents avoidable back and forth during technical clarification and helps keep reviewer feedback specific and actionable.
Manuscript Pipeline
Indicate expected contribution sources and submission readiness confidence. When this requirement is specified precisely, communication quality improves across authors, reviewers, and editors, and accepted manuscripts reach publication with fewer corrections.
Quality Controls
Outline how methodological rigor and reporting standards will be maintained across invited papers. Detailed treatment of this requirement gives reviewers a stable basis for evidence checks while preserving scientific transparency in the published record.
Audience Definition
Specify who benefits most from the issue and what decisions the content will inform. Operational clarity in this requirement supports fair comparison across competing submissions while reinforcing trust in editorial independence and rigor.
Schedule Confidence
Realistic milestones improve launch predictability and author communication quality. A robust description of this requirement strengthens confidence in claims, limits, and endpoint mapping and supports predictable workflow timing for authors and editors.
Strategic Relevance
Themes tied to current clinical and translational priorities typically gain stronger engagement. Well structured handling of this requirement helps editors triage scope and rigor faster while improving revision efficiency and production readiness.
Additional Practical Guidance for Proposed Special Issue
The points below add operational detail for special issue concept quality and feasibility, helping authors, reviewers, and editors keep decisions consistent from first screening to final publication.
Ethics Consistency
Consistent Ethics Consistency standards across special issue concept quality and feasibility reduce ambiguity when manuscripts move between handling stages. As a result, authors receive clearer guidance, editors close decisions with less rework, and final records remain stronger for indexing and citation use.
Publication Readiness
Documented Publication Readiness controls in special issue concept quality and feasibility improve comparability across submissions and revision rounds. When teams apply this early, reviewer comments become more specific, revision requests are easier to action, and production handoff has fewer compliance surprises.
Operational Clarity
Practical Operational Clarity checkpoints for special issue concept quality and feasibility support faster, better documented editorial reasoning. The benefit is measurable: fewer avoidable queries, better response quality in revision letters, and more reliable metadata at acceptance.
A successful special issue proposal is both scientifically compelling and operationally credible.
Submit Your Special Issue Concept
Send your concept outline, scope rationale, and proposed timeline to [email protected] for editorial review.
