Editorial Team
Editorial Board Policy
Who is on the board, and for how long. Members of the editorial board are invited by the Editor-in-Chief, with the agreement of the publisher, on the basis of an active research record in the journal's subject areas: a current institutional affiliation, recent peer-reviewed publications and experience of peer review. The journal seeks a board spread across institutions and countries. Membership begins with the member's written acceptance and runs for a term of three years, renewable by agreement; a member may step down at any time. The board is reviewed each year, and a member who has not handled or reviewed a manuscript in the previous twelve months is asked whether they wish to continue. Each member is listed with name, role, department, institution, city, country and ORCID iD; no one is listed without their consent, and nobody pays, or is paid, to sit on the board. Board membership is a working role, not an honorary title.
What members do, and the rules they work under. Board members advise the Editor-in-Chief on the journal's scope and policies; act as handling editors for manuscripts in their field — assessing them at submission, choosing reviewers and recommending a decision; review manuscripts themselves when asked; suggest reviewers and topics for special issues; and promote the journal in their communities. They serve without payment. They declare conflicts of interest and do not handle or review a manuscript from their own institution, from a recent co-author, collaborator or student, or in which they have any personal or financial interest; such a manuscript goes to another editor. A board member who submits to JST is treated as any other author: the manuscript is handled by an editor with no connection to them, the member has no access to its review, and the final decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief, as it does for every manuscript. Members keep everything about a manuscript confidential and act under the journal's Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement and Reviewer Guidelines; a member who breaches them is removed from the board.
Editorial board
53 editors in 13 countries / regions
ET Ethiopia (1) US United States (12)ID Indonesia (1) CA Canada (2) CN China (1)
IN India (23) MY Malaysia (5) NP Nepal (2) TH Thailand (1) TW Taiwan (1)
ES Spain (1) IQ Iraq (2) IT Italy (1)
Gender Diversity Distribution of the Editors
36% Women
64% Men
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