[1][2][3] The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members and managing them.
The editor-in-chief is commonly the link between the publisher or proprietor and the editorial staff.
Typical responsibilities of editors-in-chief include:[1] The term is also applied to academic journals, where the editor-in-chief gives the ultimate decision whether a submitted manuscript will be published.
This decision is made by the editor-in-chief after seeking input from reviewers selected on the basis of relevant expertise.
For larger journals, the decision is often upon the recommendation of one of several associate editors who each have responsibility for a fraction of the submitted manuscripts.