QUALITY ASSURANCE AND AUDIT POLICY:

Objective:

  • To maintain editorial integrity, ethical compliance, and continuous improvement.

Internal Audit:

Conducted annually by the editorial board to review:

  • Plagiarism and ethics screening procedures.
  • Reviewer selection and performance.
  • Editorial timelines and transparency.
  • COPE/ICMJE/PMDC/HEC compliance.

External Audit

  • Every two years, external experts will evaluate:
  • Indexing and visibility compliance (PMDC, HEC).
  • Data security, DOI assignment, and archiving.

Audit Report

A formal Quality Audit Report to be submitted to Editor-in-Chief and shared with the parent institution.