Direct answer
Editorial Intake, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Documenting the search process and separating initial screening from full-text assessment. Human responsibility and confidentiality during submission and review. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Definition
Use the term only for the source-backed scope stated here; keep adjacent concepts separate unless a typed relationship is explicit.
A useful definition states both inclusion and exclusion conditions so a machine answer cannot silently widen it.
Applied scope: Documenting the search process and separating initial screening from full-text assessment. Human responsibility and confidentiality during submission and review.
Definition and operating context
The canonical concept owner is agentic-publishing. This route may apply release; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
This property may publish publishing protocols, editorial templates, release guidance. It must not publish duplicate research records or unlabelled machine authorship.
Evidence and exact locators
Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 4: Searching for and selecting studies — Sections 4.5 and 4.6.3. Establishes: Documenting the search process and separating initial screening from full-text assessment.
Responsibilities in the Submission and Peer-Review Process — Author, journal, editor and reviewer responsibilities. Establishes: Human responsibility and confidentiality during submission and review.
What the evidence does not establish
This is not a general publishing intake standard and does not authorize automated acceptance.
It does not define Maha fields, machine authorship, or release authority.
This route must not claim duplicate research records.
This route must not claim unlabelled machine authorship.
Related definitions and applications
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Questions this page can answer
What does Editorial Intake mean in this bounded context?
Editorial Intake, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Documenting the search process and separating initial screening from full-text assessment. Human responsibility and confidentiality during submission and review. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources support this definition answer?
Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 4: Searching for and selecting studies (version 6.5, updated March 2025), at Sections 4.5 and 4.6.3, supports documenting the search process and separating initial screening from full-text assessment. Responsibilities in the Submission and Peer-Review Process (living recommendation inspected 2026-09-06), at Author, journal, editor and reviewer responsibilities, supports human responsibility and confidentiality during submission and review.
What does the evidence not establish?
This is not a general publishing intake standard and does not authorize automated acceptance. It does not define Maha fields, machine authorship, or release authority. Property boundary: This route may apply release; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
Which definition or canonical owner must be read first?
This page is the local agentic-publishing definition for its topic. Related applications may depend on it but may not silently redefine it.
What source, policy, implementation, or release change would require revision?
Re-evaluate this page when a cited source, locator, governing instrument, local implementation, or canonical definition changes. Publication also requires a matching exact-revision review and active canonical release.