Special Issues

Special Issues Guidelines

International Journal of Digital Rehabilitation & Therapy (IJDRT) publish Special Issues – dedicated collections of articles that highlight emerging areas of research within a field, or provide a venue for a deeper investigation into an existing research topic. The aim is to build a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

Proposing a Special Issue
As the Lead Guest Editor of a Special Issue, you can be at the forefront of scientific communication, encouraging continued research in important areas while gaining editorial experience and improving your academic profile. There are many other additional benefits to being a Guest Editor.

Choosing a topic
You should choose a topic close to your own research interests. The topic of the Special Issue should be of increasing interest within your field. If you have noticed a surge in interest in a particular subject at recent conferences, for example, this is a good sign that a related proposal will generate significant interest.
Ensure that the topic of your proposal is within the scope of the journal you are submitting it to. The scope of your Special Issue should be broad enough to attract a reasonable number of submissions but narrow enough to provide a cohesive collection of articles. The Special Issue should cover a small part of the scope of the journal, but not all of it.

Editorial Procedure for Submissions to the Special Issue

Special Issue submissions are peer-reviewed and published following the “NDPA Publishing Editorial Process”.

Guest Editor(s) may choose one of the following actions in response to a submission: accept, reject, request revision from the author, or request an additional reviewer after the peer review process. When making an editorial decision, you will be expected to verify the following:

Pre-approval
General suitability of the article for the journal/section/special issue;
The article's commitment to high-quality research and ethical standards;
Standards of rigor to qualify for further review.

Initial or Final Decision
Suitability of the selected referees;
Adequacy of referee comments and author response;
The overall scientific quality of the article.
If there is any suspicion that an article may contain plagiarism, an NDP-AP Editor will recheck the article using industry standard anti-plagiarism iThenticate software.

Decisions regarding acceptance or rejection of submissions made by Guest Editors are based on collected reviewer reports, and it should be noted that the Editor-in-Chief and/or Editorial Board Members maintain oversight and may also be involved in the decision-making process. process in some cases. This collaboration ensures the quality and integrity of the Special Issue.

Additionally, please note the following: (a) If there is a conflict of interest between the Guest Editor(s) and the authors, or if the Editorial Office does not respond to issues of acceptance or rejection, we will invite another Editor. the journal's Editorial Board checks and decides whether it has the appropriate research background; (b) If the Guest Editor(s) supports acceptance of a manuscript despite a reviewer's recommendation to reject, NDP-AP staff will obtain a second independent opinion from an Editorial Board member or the Editor-in-Chief before issuing a final decision. to writers; and (c) any manuscript submitted by the Guest Editor(s) will be reviewed by a member of the Editorial Board.