Role and Responsibilities of Advisory Board

• Providing strategic and academic advice on the journal’s development and direction.
• Supporting the promotion of ethical publishing practices and academic standards.
• Advising on emerging research areas and thematic priorities.
• Promoting the journal within professional and academic networks.

Advisory Board members do not participate in routine editorial decision-making and are not involved in the peer-review process unless formally invited as independent reviewers under the journal’s standard peer-review policy.

All editorial decisions remain the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board to ensure independence and transparency.

Distinction Between Advisory Board and Editorial Board

The roles of the Advisory Board and Editorial Board are distinct:

• The Editorial Board manages manuscript handling, peer review coordination, and editorial decisions.
• The Advisory Board serves in a consultative capacity, providing strategic guidance without involvement in operational editorial processes.