Editorial Team

Last Updated: 07/09/2025

The Journal of Sustainable Innovation and Impact (JSII) is establishing a world-class editorial community to steward rigorous, fair, and impactful publishing. Governance is designed to align with Scopus indexing expectations through transparent roles, COPE-aligned ethics, and international representation.

1. Purpose and Editorial Mission

The Editorial Team’s mission is to ensure every published article meets JSII’s standards of methodological rigor, ethical integrity, and practical relevance. We champion contributions that advance knowledge, inform decision-making, and contribute to measurable societal benefit.

2. Editorial Governance

JSII is coordinated by the Editorial Office in line with the journal’s Peer Review Policy and Publication Ethics (PEMS). The Editor-in-Chief, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, and Editorial Board Members provide oversight, ensure rigorous peer review, and uphold ethical standards.

The full roster of Editors and Editorial Board Members, including names, affiliations, and countries, is published here for transparency and will be updated as appointments are confirmed.

3. Roles and Responsibilities

Editor-in-Chief: Defines editorial strategy; ensures quality, integrity, and scope alignment; has final decision authority.
Co-Editor-in-Chief: Supports editorial leadership; helps ensure consistent quality control and decision-making across submissions.
Managing Editor: Oversees workflows, timelines, and communications; coordinates editorial operations; and supports anonymization steps for double-blind review workflows where applicable.
Editorial Board Members: Provide subject expertise; advise on scope and policy; recommend reviewers; and support the journal’s international positioning.

4. Selection and Appointment

Criteria: Scholarly and professional contributions; relevant reviewing or editorial experience; commitment to ethical publishing.
Diversity: Active pursuit of geographic, disciplinary, and gender diversity to reflect the global sustainability community.
Terms: Appointments are reviewed periodically and may be updated as the journal develops.

5. Conflicts of Interest and Editorial Independence

Editors declare actual or perceived conflicts (institutional, collaborative, financial, personal) and recuse when appropriate. Decisions are based solely on scholarly merit, relevance, and integrity. Editorial decisions are independent of the publisher, sponsors, or organizational affiliation of the authors. See PEMS and Complaints & Appeals Policy.

6. Inclusion, Equity, and Global Representation

JSII is committed to an editorial community representing diverse regions, disciplines, perspectives, and career stages to strengthen fairness in peer review and global relevance.

7. Reviewer Community and Recognition

Selection: Reviewers are selected for subject expertise and independence.
Standards: Timely, evidence-based, constructive reviews, following the Peer Review Policy.
Recognition: Service confirmation letters can be provided upon request.

8. Transparency and Next Updates

Role descriptions and responsibilities remain public for accountability. This page is updated as appointments are confirmed.

9. Contact

Editorial enquiries or expressions of interest: editorial@thesustainimpact.com

Editorial Team Roster

Editorial Leadership

Editor-in-Chief: Associate Professor Dr. Sarfraz Aslam, UNITAR International University, Malaysia
Co-Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Sharareh Shahidi, UNITAR International University, Malaysia
Managing Editor: Shervin Hamedani, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

Editorial Board

Dr. Amjad Islam Amjad, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
Dr. Marco Enzo Bagheri, Higher Institute of Administration and Management (ISAG), Portugal
Dr. Paul Mulindwa, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Farima Noravesh, RMIT University, Australia
Dr. Vala Ali Rohani, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal
Associate Professor Dr. Fernando Nicolás Vela, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador