Theme Rationale
Explain why the topic is timely and what unresolved evidence gaps the issue will address.
Guest Editor Proposal Pathway
Proposed Special Issue
Proposed Special Issue
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Proposal Strategy
How to Propose a High-Value Special Issue
Strong proposals combine scientific urgency, focused scope, and credible editorial leadership.
A special issue should address a clearly defined migraine challenge where concentrated publication can accelerate understanding or clinical implementation.
Successful themes are broad enough to attract diverse high-quality submissions but focused enough to produce a coherent final collection.
Scope Boundaries
Define inclusion boundaries and key subtopics to guide contributor alignment.
Guest Editor Team
List qualified experts with publication and peer-review leadership experience.
Author Pipeline
Provide expected contributor categories and realistic manuscript volume estimates.
Required Proposal Elements
What to Include for Editorial Evaluation
Complete proposals move faster through editorial approval.
- Proposed title and one-page scope summary.
- Guest editor profiles with affiliations and relevant expertise.
- Tentative article topics or contributor categories.
- Proposed timeline with submission and review milestones.
- Conflict-of-interest declarations for guest editors.
- Plan for maintaining review quality and decision consistency.
The editorial office may request refinements before approval to ensure feasibility, quality controls, and strategic relevance for the journal audience.
Quality Governance
Maintaining Standards During Special Issue Delivery
All manuscripts in a special issue must pass the same quality thresholds as regular submissions.
Guest editors help shape scope and reviewer recommendations, but final publication decisions remain aligned with journal-wide editorial policy.
Proposals that include clear reviewer strategy, timeline discipline, and conflict safeguards are prioritized for approval.
The journal supports promotion once accepted papers are published, including coordinated visibility through journal channels.
Successful proposals typically identify measurable objectives, expected contribution mix, and realistic timeline controls. Editorial confidence improves when implementation details are explicit from the start.
Guest editor teams should demonstrate complementary expertise and process discipline to support consistent manuscript quality. Balanced leadership improves review reliability across submissions.
Proposal quality increases when scope boundaries are explicit and likely out-of-theme submissions are anticipated. Clear boundaries reduce triage noise during high-volume periods.
The strongest concepts align with urgent clinical questions while maintaining a manageable thematic focus for readers. Coherent collections generate better long-term citation coherence.
Including an indicative outreach plan can help editors assess feasibility of attracting strong contributions. Pipeline realism is a practical decision factor in proposal approval.
Conflict disclosure completeness is essential for guest editor credibility and decision transparency. Early disclosure reduces governance risk during collection operation.
Successful proposals typically identify measurable objectives, expected contribution mix, and realistic timeline controls. Editorial confidence improves when implementation details are explicit from the start.
Guest editor teams should demonstrate complementary expertise and process discipline to support consistent manuscript quality. Balanced leadership improves review reliability across submissions.
Propose a Special Issue Theme
Share your concept with clear scope, timeline, and guest editor leadership to begin editorial evaluation.
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