Editor-in-Chief

Role: Provides academic leadership, oversees editorial policy, and ensures alignment with COPE publishing ethics and standards.

Deputy Editors

Role: The Deputy Editors of our Journals provide academic and strategic leadership in their respective disciplinary domains. Working closely with the Editor-in-Chief, they ensure that the journal’s interdisciplinary vision is consistently reflected in editorial decisions, peer review integrity, and long-term research impact. Each Deputy Editor supervises submissions, coordinates thematic special issues, and contributes to expanding the journal’s international collaborations and policy relevance. Support the Editor-in-Chief in coordinating thematic areas, special issues, and peer review quality control.

Core Responsibilities of Deputy Editors

Strategic Oversight: Guide the thematic and methodological direction of the journal.

Editorial Leadership: Supervise the work of Associate Editors and reviewers within their domains.

Quality Assurance: Ensure scientific rigor, originality, and ethical integrity in all published work.

Interdisciplinary Integration: Foster cross-domain collaboration among Journal’s Aims and Scope, Data Science, and the Social Sciences.

Outreach and Visibility: Represent the Journal in international research networks, conferences, and policy dialogues.

Ethics and Transparency: Uphold COPE standards and contribute to Journal’s ongoing alignment with global best practices in scholarly publishing.

All Deputy Editors operate under the direct coordination of the Editor-in-Chief, forming the Editorial Leadership Committee, which: meets quarterly to review journal strategy, performance, and indexing progress; identifies emerging research areas and proposes thematic special issues; ensures balanced representation of disciplines, methodologies, and regions in the publication portfolio.

Managing Editor

Role: Supervises submission processing, peer review workflow, and production. Ensures author communication, metadata accuracy, and publication ethics compliance.

Associate Editors

Role: The Associate Editors of our Journals oversee the peer review process within their respective disciplinary domains, ensuring methodological rigor, theoretical depth, and policy relevance.

Core Responsibilities of Associate Editors: They play a vital role in advancing Journal’s interdisciplinary mission by integrating perspectives from Journal’s Aims and Scope, and the broader Social, Behavioral, and Computational Sciences.

International Editorial Board

Role: Our Journals maintain a globally representative board of scholars committed to academic excellence, interdisciplinarity, and ethical research standards.

Advisory Board

Role: The Advisory Board provides strategic guidance on emerging research trends, ethics, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Technical and Data Editor

Role: Ensures methodological accuracy, statistical robustness, and adherence to open science and FAIR data principles.

Panel of Reviewers

Role: ASERS Publishing's Journals maintain each a panel of expert reviewers from over 40 countries, specializing in each Journal Aims and Scope research areas. Reviewers names are published annually to recognize academic contribution and transparency in peer review.

Publisher / Editorial Office

Role: Oversees operational aspects of journal management, including submission systems, production, and publication timelines. The Publisher ensures compliance with publication ethics, open access policies, and indexing standards. ASERS Publishing provides marketing, analytics, and dissemination support to increase journal visibility and impact and coordinates communication between academic editors, authors, and reviewers.

Collection Coordinator

Role: Establish the thematic direction and scholarly coherence of each book series.

Core Responsibilities of Collection Coordinator:

Evaluate book proposals for academic merit, originality, and relevance to the series’ objectives.

Supervise the peer review process for individual volumes and edited collections.

Maintain academic quality and foster collaborations among authors and contributors.

Academic Editors

Role: Manage the editorial process for specific edited volumes or monographs.

Core Responsibilities of Academic Editors:

Liaise with contributors to ensure consistency, clarity, and scholarly rigor across chapters.

Oversee revisions based on peer review and editorial feedback.

Ensure compliance with ASERS Publishing’s ethical and formatting standards.

Commissioning Editors

Role: Identify potential book projects aligned with ASERS Publishing’s strategic goals.

Core Responsibilities of Commissioning Editors:

Manage author agreements, production workflows, and publication schedules.

Collaborate with marketing teams to enhance the visibility of new titles.

Ensure adherence to quality assurance protocols and publishing policies.

Publisher - Production and Editorial Management Team

Core Responsibilities of the Publisher:

Provides professional publishing support, including editing, layout, and design.

Ensures timely production and dissemination in both print and digital formats.

Monitors performance metrics, indexing, and distribution channels.

Maintains compliance with international publishing standards and ethical guidelines.

Distinctive Features:

Integration of academic independence with professional publishing oversight.

Strong focus on editorial ethics, international collaboration, and quality assurance.

Commitment to interdisciplinary research, open scholarly dialogue, and editorial transparency.

Balanced support for both peer-reviewed journals and academic book collections within a unified publishing framework.