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Xpertia Scholarly Governance
Xpertia is establishing a structured governance framework with defined roles and clear boundaries — so scientific, integrity, and editorial-independence responsibilities are held by separate bodies rather than a single office.
This framework is being established. Xpertia has defined the structure below and is appointing members. No board is yet operating publicly, and members appear here only after they have formally agreed to serve.
Three responsibilities, three separate bodies
Field Scientific Committees review proposed journal titles, scopes, and editorial-leadership requirements and submit scientific recommendations to Xpertia. The Research Integrity & Publication Ethics Board advises on publication-ethics policy, due process, and escalation. The Editorial Independence & Governance Board safeguards editorial decisions from ownership and commercial pressure. Separating these responsibilities supports transparent, accountable, and professionally governed scholarly publishing.
Scientific Advisory Board
Reviews and recommends journal titles, scopes, and editor-in-chief profiles
Field committees
- Business, Economics, Finance & Management
- Education, Humanities & Social Sciences
- Law, Public Policy & Governance
- Health, Medical & Life Sciences
- Engineering, Technology, AI & Applied Sciences
- Environmental, Agricultural & Sustainability Sciences
- Physical, Mathematical & Natural Sciences
Research Integrity & Publication Ethics Board
Advises on publication ethics, due process, and escalation
Focus areas
- Standards alignment
- Conflicts of interest
- Research misconduct
- Corrections and retractions
Editorial Independence & Governance Board
Safeguards editorial decisions from ownership and commercial pressure
Focus areas
- Editorial independence
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Cross-journal oversight
- Editor performance and conflicts
What each body is responsible for
Before a journal launches
Scientific committees review the proposed title, scope, and scholarly need, and recommend the required editor-in-chief profile.
During journal development
Committees advise on editorial-board formation, special issues, and keeping each journal’s scope disciplined and coherent.
When integrity issues arise
The ethics body advises on misconduct, conflicts of interest, complaints, appeals, corrections, and retractions.
To protect editorial decisions
Editorial-governance policy separates ownership and commercial interests from manuscript-level decisions.
The three boards
Scientific Advisory Board
Establishes publisher-wide scientific criteria and oversees the field committees that review proposed journal titles, scopes, and editor-in-chief profiles.
See what we’re buildingResearch Integrity & Publication Ethics Board
Oversees publication-ethics policy, due process, and escalation for integrity matters across the platform.
See what we’re buildingEditorial Independence & Governance Board
Monitors appointment procedures, conflicts, ownership boundaries, and the safeguards that protect editorial decisions from commercial pressure.
See what we’re buildingWhat these bodies do not do
Xpertia’s Scholarly Governance bodies advise on policy, journal creation, scientific positioning, integrity, and editorial-governance standards. They do not guarantee manuscript acceptance, interfere with peer review, override editors-in-chief, or decide individual manuscripts. Manuscript-level decisions remain with each journal’s editor-in-chief and its declared editorial process.
Xpertia’s scholarly boards and committees are publisher-level advisory governance bodies. They are not the statutory board of directors of Xpertia Publishing, and they do not replace journal-level Editorial Boards or Editors-in-Chief.
Advisory nominations & institutional partnership
We welcome enquiries from scholars interested in serving and from institutions exploring partnership.
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