Jeffrey CL Looi

2 weeks ago | journals.sagepub.com | Jeffrey CL Looi |Gin S Malhi |Steve Kisely

Editorial independence safeguards the rights of authors and readers to freely speak and be heard (Brakoulias and Malhi, 2024; Hoey, 2008; Looi et al., 2024b). This underpins the key goals of medical journals to strive for academic excellence and progress the science of care (Malhi and Brakoulias, 2022). It is enacted by editors having freedom to make decisions about the scientific publication record (Bhui et al., 2025).