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Author Instructions

9. Editorial Process
9.1 Initial check
9.1.1 Initial manuscript check
New submissions are initially checked by the Managing Editor from the perspectives of originality, suitability, structure
and formatting, conflicts of interest, background of authors, etc. Poorly-prepared manuscripts may be rejected at this stage.
If your manuscript does not meet one or more of these requirements, we will return it for further revisions.

9.1.2 Publishing ethics
All manuscripts submitted to Hepatoma Research are screened using iThenticate powered by CrossCheck to identify
any plagiarized content. Your study must also meet all ethical requirements as outlined in our Editorial Policies. If the
manuscript does not pass any of these checks, we may return it to you for further revisions or decline to consider your study
for publication.

9.2 Editorial assessment
Once your manuscript has passed the initial check, it will be assigned to the Editor from Journal Editorial Board (Editor-in-
Chief, Executive Chief Editor, Associate Editor, Editorial Board member) who has no conflict of interest on this manuscript
to review. Regarding the Special Issue paper, after passing the initial check, the manuscript will be successively assigned
to an Assistant Editor, Guest Editor, and then to the Editor from Editorial Board in the case of conflict of interest for the
Guest Editor to review. The Editors from Editorial Board may reject manuscripts that they deem highly unlikely to pass
peer review without further consultation. Once your manuscript has passed the editorial assessment, the Assistant Editor
will start to organize peer-review.
9.3 Process
Hepatoma Research operates a single-blind review process. The technical quality of the research described in the manuscript
is assessed by a minimum of three independent expert reviewers. The Editors from Editorial Board are responsible for the
final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. For controversial manuscripts, the Editor-in-Chief is
responsible for making the final decision.
9.4 Decisions
Your research will be judged on technical soundness only, not on its perceived impact as judged by Editors or referees.
There are three possible decisions: Accept (your study satisfies all publication criteria), Invitation to Revise (more work is
required to satisfy all criteria), and Reject (your study fails to satisfy key criteria and it is highly unlikely that further work
can address its shortcomings).
10. Contact Us
Managing Editor
Victoria Lee
Email: editorialoffice@hrjournal.net
Locations
Los Angeles Office
245 E Main Street, ste107, Alabama, CA 91801, USA
Tel: +1 323 9987086
Xi’an Office
Suite 1504, Tower A, Xi’an National Digital Publishing Base, No. 996 Tiangu 7th Road, Gaoxin District, Xi’an 710077,
Shaanxi, China
Tel: +86 (0)29 8954 0089

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