Here are Basic Roles and Responsibilities of an Editorial Board Member

• Taking up the instructions given by the editor in chief for the Journal betterment.
• Handling the manuscripts for the evaluation and should provide the final decision on the manuscript as per the reviewer comments.
• Suggesting potential reviewers for the Journal to conduct the review process and also forwarding the manuscripts to potential reviewers.
• Handling author queries related to publication, ethical questions and misconduct raised while publication and should respond to them accordingly.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work received by every author as the review process is unbiased.
• Implementation of new ideas in reviewing policies discussed in editorial meetings.
• Spotlight on the quality review process to maintain the consistent level.
• Keeping the records on reviewer performance and timeliness.
• Identifying the trending topics on Journal scope and should suggest a special issue release.
• Monitoring the Journal performance by timely basis and capable of taking new decision for the improvement.