The Special Issues are handled as follows:
- The Guest Editors make a proposal which is reviewed by EiC and A-EICs.
- When the proposal is accepted by EiC, the Guest Editors are added as AE into the system for handling the review of the papers submitted to the Special Issue.
- The Lead Guest Editor takes the lead in the adjudication of the submitted papers.
- But when there is a COI with Lead Guest Editor, the EiC assigns an alternate Guest AE to make handle the reviews and the final decision on the paper.
- The Guest Editors make recommendations to the EiC, just like normal AE would do.
- The final decision is made by the EiC.
- The Guest Editors write an Editorial for the papers in their Special Issue.
- When the issue is published, the Guest Editors are removed from the AE list.