Scientific Justification
Explain why the proposed topic is urgent and how it advances current knowledge.
Proposed Special Issue
Propose a Special Issue with Strategic Scientific Value
Build focused collections that advance key questions in prostate cancer research and care.
IJPC invites proposals for special issues that address timely scientific gaps, clinical priorities, or cross-disciplinary advances. Proposals should include a coherent thematic rationale, practical editorial plan, and quality safeguards for reviewer and author workflows.
Theme
Coherence
Timeline
Feasibility
Quality
Controls defined
Visibility
Collection impact
What Makes a Strong Special Issue Proposal
Successful proposals combine thematic relevance, reviewer feasibility, and clear publication governance.
Operational Feasibility
Provide a realistic handling plan for submissions, reviews, and decisions.
Editorial Accountability
Define quality standards and escalation steps for complex manuscripts.
How to Build a Defensible Proposal Package
Define scope boundaries, timeline expectations, and editorial capacity before formal submission.
Theme Alignment Statement
Theme Alignment Statement strengthens Proposed Special Issue quality by keeping study logic, endpoint definitions, and claim boundaries explicit for proposed special issue planning. 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 Proposed Special Issue maintain transparent evidence pathways for proposed special issue planning 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 Proposed Special Issue by clarifying how evidence is generated and interpreted in proposed special issue planning. 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 Proposed Special Issue because it links analytical steps to defensible conclusions for proposed special issue planning. Teams that apply this checkpoint consistently usually achieve smoother acceptance workflows and fewer post acceptance corrections.
Additional Practical Guidance for Proposed Special Issue
The guidance below translates policy expectations into repeatable workflow actions for proposed special issue planning.
Issue Operations Control
Issue Operations Control should be treated as an operational checkpoint throughout the handling cycle for proposed special issue planning. 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 proposed special issue planning. 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 proposed special issue planning. This creates cleaner handoffs between editorial stages and lowers the risk of late stage corrections after acceptance.
The strongest proposals combine scientific relevance with practical editorial execution.
Theme quality alone is insufficient without a realistic plan for review capacity and timeline control.
Submit a Special Issue Proposal
Send your proposal package to [email protected] with thematic scope, guest editor profile, and handling plan.
