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48Duties of Guest Editors include: • writing a Call for Papers, • assessing initial submissions, selecting and allocating reviewers for submitted and invited papers, • selecting papers for the issue on the basis of the peer reviews; Guest Editors are in charge of acceptance/rejection/revision and resubmission decisions and liaise closely with the Editor on the process as a whole, • helping authors respond to reviewers’ and Guest Editors’ comments to improve the quality of their paper, • preparing the manuscripts of the issue in accordance with the published guidelines, so as to facilitate the publisher’s work, • checking the publisher’s proofs, along with the authors. Timeline • 31 January 2025: Deadline for submission of proposals from Guest Editors • 15 February 2025: Decision by the Editors advised by the Editorial Board • 20 February 2025: Publication of the Call for Papers • 31 July 2025: Deadline for submission of papers • 30 November 2025: Deadline for finalizing complete manuscript • 15 December 2025: Publication and pri