• Maintaining a stock of original research for the journal in line with its regular publication schedule.
• Evaluating new submissions to determine whether they fall within the scope of the journal and meet the journal's criteria of interests.
• Adhering to the journal's editorial policies.
• Selecting expert reviewers to evaluate submitted research.
• Making the final editorial decision for each research paper, based on the journal's priorities.
• Engaging into Direct communication with researchers and reviewers.
• Scheduling accepted research papers for publication.
• Balancing the workload of the specialized editorial board and reviewers.
• Selecting the editorial board in accordance with publication policies.
• Informing and discussing with the editorial board the journal's workflow, the research published in each issue, research accepted for publication in subsequent issues, and special issues sponsored by the journal, such as conference papers, in addition to discussing new guidelines, policies, and strategic inputs for developing the journal through regular monthly meetings.
• Approving special issues proposed by guest editors from outside the editorial board.
• Promoting the journal among peers and colleagues.
• Evaluating research papers based on their intellectual content, without regard to the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality, or political philosophy of the authors.
• Veiling any information about submitted research, such as the authors, reviewers, or correspondents.
• Unpublished or rejected research may not be used in the editorial board's own research without written consent from the author whose research is being used.
• Information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.
• Action must be taken when ethical concerns arise regarding a submitted or published research.
• The editor-in-chief or his assistant may publish their own research in the journal, but this should not exceed two published research papers. The editor-in-chief must not participate in making the decisions of the reviewers who reviewed their research. Therefore, the matter is assigned to other editors from the editorial board to send their research to external reviewers. They are not allowed to see their names, and there must be a clear statement about this in any research they publish.
• Providing scientific expertise to the journal.
• Supporting the most appropriate research works for the journal.
• Assisting the journal in attracting original research by promoting it at relevant conferences and workshops.
• Providing comments, suggestions, and improvements for the journal.
• Attending editorial meetings and assisting in strategic decision-making when invited to participate.
• Proposing reviewers.
• Internally reviewing of the research papers received by the journal to ensure that they meet its publication requirements.
• Rejecting reviewers who submit weak, late, offensive, or unconstructive reviews.
• Editorial board members may publish their own research in Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan Journal for Human and Social Studies, but the number of research papers published by one member should not exceed two published papers. The editor-in-chief must make the decision to accept or reject the research based on the decision of the reviewers who reviewed the research. A member wishing to publish his research in the journal is not permitted to see the names of the reviewers.
The editorial independence of the editorial board's decisions must be respected, and the university (the owner) must not interfere therein. The editorial board's decisions must not be influenced by any pressure from the journal's owner or publisher.