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Author Instructions

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7.3 AI Use in Peer Review
Confidentiality requirements:
• Reviewers must not upload manuscripts/materials to AI platforms, as this:
1. Violates OAE’s confidentiality policies
2. Risks intellectual property infringement
3. May compromise personal data in identifiable content
Review integrity standards:
• Peer review must remain human-driven – AI tools cannot replace critical scholarly judgment.
• Reviewers must not use AI for manuscript evaluation due to risks of:
1. Inaccurate/incomplete assessments
2. Algorithmic bias
Declaration requirement: Reviewers retain full accountability for their reports, if any aspect of the manuscript’s evaluation
was supported in any way by an AI tool, reviewers must explicitly disclose it in their report.
OAE will periodically reassess this policy to align with technological advancements and academic standards.

8. Conflict of Interests
OAE journals require authors to declare any possible financial and/or non-financial conflicts of interest at the end of
their manuscript and in the cover letter, as well as confirm this point when submitting their manuscript in the submission
system. If no conflicts of interest exist, authors need to state “The authors declare no conflicts of interest”. We also
recognize that some authors may be bound by confidentiality agreements, in which cases authors need to sate “The
authors declare that they are bound by confidentiality agreements that prevent them from disclosing their competing
interests in this work”.
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 Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics 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 manuscript check, it will be assigned to an Assistant Editor, and then the
Editor-in-Chief, or an Associate Editor in the case of a conflict of interest, will be notified of the submission and invited to
review. Regarding 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-in-Chief, or an Associate Editor in the case of conflict of interest for
the Editor-in-Chief to review. The Editor-in-Chief, or the Associate Editor 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
Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics 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 Editor-
in-Chief is 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