Scope Continuity
Collections are monitored to preserve thematic coherence across accepted articles.
Ongoing Special Issue
Ongoing Special Issues and Active Thematic Collections
Track active issue themes with clear editorial standards and timeline discipline.
IJPC ongoing special issues are managed with the same governance framework used for core journal submissions. Active collections are curated to maintain scientific depth, practical clinical relevance, and transparent editorial decision pathways throughout the cycle.
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Theme tracks
Editorial
Oversight
Review
Consistency
Release
Timeline control
How Ongoing Issues Are Managed
Issue-level coordination ensures scope consistency, review quality, and reliable production sequencing.
Quality Thresholds
Each manuscript is evaluated under full methodological and ethics standards.
Timeline Governance
Issue coordination reduces publication drift and improves release predictability.
What Authors Should Prepare for Active Collections
Manuscripts should be complete, scope-aligned, and revision-ready at submission to support issue timelines.
Theme Alignment Statement
Theme Alignment Statement strengthens Ongoing Special Issue quality by keeping study logic, endpoint definitions, and claim boundaries explicit for ongoing special issue operations. This reduces avoidable clarification loops during peer review and supports faster, better justified editorial decisions.
Guest Editor Coordination
Call Scope Compliance
Call Scope Compliance helps Ongoing Special Issue maintain transparent evidence pathways for ongoing special issue operations from screening through final decision. It also protects production timelines by preventing late stage conflicts in declarations, metadata, and figure interpretation.
Timeline Commitment
Cross-Article Coherence
Cross-Article Coherence supports reviewer confidence in Ongoing Special Issue by clarifying how evidence is generated and interpreted in ongoing special issue operations. Operational consistency at this step improves communication quality and strengthens confidence in the published record.
Specialized Reviewer Fit
Issue-Level Evidence Positioning
Issue-Level Evidence Positioning is a high-value control point in Ongoing Special Issue because it links analytical steps to defensible conclusions for ongoing special issue operations. Teams that apply this checkpoint consistently usually achieve smoother acceptance workflows and fewer post acceptance corrections.
Additional Practical Guidance for Ongoing Special Issue
The guidance below translates policy expectations into repeatable workflow actions for ongoing special issue operations.
Issue Operations Control
Issue Operations Control should be treated as an operational checkpoint throughout the handling cycle for ongoing special issue operations. It helps reduce preventable delays, supports clearer reviewer recommendations, and improves first round decision confidence.
Collection Timetable Stability
In practical terms, Collection Timetable Stability strengthens manuscript readiness and review consistency for ongoing special issue operations. It also improves metadata integrity and keeps publication files aligned with policy and reporting requirements.
Theme Cohesion Management
A disciplined approach to Theme Cohesion Management improves both scientific communication and workflow predictability in ongoing special issue operations. This creates cleaner handoffs between editorial stages and lowers the risk of late stage corrections after acceptance.
Active collections perform best when theme fit and manuscript quality are managed together.
Clear communication between guest editors and contributors is critical for on-time publication.
Questions About Ongoing Issues
For current collection scope or submission timing guidance, contact [email protected].
