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Editorial Board

The Editorial Board provides strategic leadership for the journal, ensuring the highest standards of scholarly publishing, editorial quality, and international engagement. Working collaboratively with the Executive and Managing Editors, Associate Editors and specialist Working Groups contribute their expertise to guide the journal's editorial direction, uphold publishing excellence, and foster a vibrant global community of authors, reviewers, and readers.

Executive Editor: Edward A. Fox (USA)

Managing Editor: Prashant Pandey (Australia)

Associate Editors

  • Dr Daisy Selematsela (South Africa)
  • Dr Nabi Hasan (India)
  • Janette Wright (Australia)
  • Prof Ramesh C. Gaur (India)
  • John Hagen (USA)
  • William Ingram (USA)

Editorial Working Groups

The Editorial Working Groups provide specialised leadership across key areas of the journal's operations. Together, they support editorial excellence, publishing innovation, ethical practice, and community engagement, ensuring the journal continues to evolve in response to the needs of the global scholarly community.

Ethics & Policy Working Group

The Ethics & Policy Working Group provides leadership on editorial ethics, publication policies, and governance. The group supports the development and review of ethical frameworks, oversees best practices in peer review, promotes research integrity, and ensures that the journal operates in accordance with internationally recognised publishing standards.

Chair
Prof Ramesh C. Gaur

Co-Chair
Dr Nabi Hasan

Members

  • Iryna Kuchma
  • Adrian Chisale
  • Julie Griffin

Publishing & Infrastructure Working Group

The Publishing & Infrastructure Working Group oversees the journal's publishing platform, technical infrastructure, and production workflows. The group guides the implementation of metadata standards, indexing and discoverability, digital preservation, and continuous improvements to ensure an efficient and sustainable publishing environment.

Chair
Dr Daisy Selematsela

Co-Chair
Adrian Chisale

Members

  • Dr Kalbande Dattatraya
  • Dr Nabi Hasan
  • William Ingram

Editorial Development & Content Working Group

The Editorial Development & Content Working Group shapes the journal's editorial direction by identifying emerging topics, coordinating special issues, strengthening the quality of submissions, and supporting initiatives that enhance the journal's scholarly impact and international relevance.

Chair
Janette Wright

Co-Chair
Dr Kalbande Dattatraya

Members

  • Dr Venkata Rao Pokuri
  • Dr Mayank Trivedi
  • Julie Griffin

Community Engagement Working Group

The Community Engagement Working Group fosters relationships with authors, reviewers, readers, and partner organisations around the world. The group promotes the journal through outreach activities, supports reviewer and author engagement, and helps build an active and inclusive global scholarly community.

Chair
John Hagen

Co-Chair
Julie Griffin

Members

  • Dr Venkata Rao Pokuri
  • Dr Mayank Trivedi
  • Iryna Kuchma