Term #2,237
Screening Decision
Claim Term
Screening Decision
Origin matter
A method for screening manuscripts
Reference Case 1
BRT_PAT-2-PROV
Date Added
7/9/25
Created
7/9/25, 6:05 PM
Modified
1/7/26, 7:21 PM
Full Desc
“Screening Decision” refers to the preliminary editorial determination made to assess whether a submitted manuscript meets certain criteria for further consideration. The determination may be made by a journal or editorial team with or without the assistance of software and/or computer systems. The screening decision may be based on subjective criteria (e.g., perceived novelty, clarity of presentation, and editorial fit) and/or objective criteria (e.g., adherence to formatting rules, completeness of statistical reporting, detection of plagiarism, confirmation of required ethical disclosures, and validation of authorship metadata). The criteria may include scope, relevance, content quality (clarity, methodology), novelty, research relevance, research timeliness, academic rigor, compliance with submission guidelines such as ethical requirements and study requirements, and/or other editorial standards. The Screening Decision may and typically does occur before formal peer review and may result in immediate rejection, acceptance for review, requests for modification, or the like. The term encompasses a range of synonymous or closely related practices, including editorial triage, desk decisions, gatekeeping determinations, and initial suitability reviews. In certain embodiments, a Screening Decision is a preliminary decision made as part of a larger manuscript review process for a given manuscript. In another embodiment, is a final decision made a given manuscript, which may or may not be reviewed by a human editor before notice of the Screening Decision is sent to the author. A screening decision may be generated in whole or in part by a human editor, associate editor, or reviewer, or may be generated in whole or in part by a computing system, including a rule-based engine or machine-learning model. The term “screening decision” encompasses both human-generated and machine-generated screening determinations unless expressly stated otherwise.
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