Journal Governance

The URNCST Journal's Editorial Board is comprised of accomplished multidisciplinary research paper. Members of the Editorial Board are appointed by the Editor-in-Chief for a renewable 3-year term. If you are interested in joining the URNCST Journal's editorial team or nominating a colleague, please email us at editorialboard@urncstuk.org, indicating to us below which role they wish to undertake. Please note that all applicants will be required to submit their CV containing their education, relevant work-related experience, and a list of research publications, along with any other items the applicant feels will demonstrate his/her suitability as a board member.

Please note that we are currently only recruiting for the following positions: 1) Associate Editors and 2) Editorial and Advisory Board Members. Note: Those interested in serving as a mentor for the URNCST Journal Mentored Paper and URNCST Journal Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Encyclopedia Entry Initiative initiatives should apply for the position of "Associate Editor".

Editor-in-Chief

  • URNCST Journal mandates a Turnitin Similarity report for all submitted articles, with plagiarism below 10% and similarity AI content below 20%
  • set and/or review with members of the editorial board the journal's policies, including those regarding authorship, peer review, quality control, and ethical issues;
  • monitor and maintain agreed policies;
  • ensure that the journal's processes are transparent to stakeholders;
  • take final responsibility for the editorial content of the journal;
  • maintain editorial independence;
  • make final decisions on manuscripts;
  • manage and organize the editorial office and ensure good working practice;
  • attract authors to submit quality manuscripts to the journal;
  • try to develop the journal in every way possible;
  • plan for the future of the journal;
  • represent the journal in national and international forums.

Managing Editor and Deputy Editor(s)

The Managing Editor and Deputy Editor(s) will: assist the Editor-in-Chief in all of his or her aforementioned roles.

Associate Editors

The Associate Editors will: assist the editor in implementing the policies of the journal and in monitoring the efficiency of its systems; correspond and work with authors and reviewers; review and revise papers for quality and relevance; recommend a course of action for submitted manuscripts in their specialist area.

Assistant Editors

The Assistant Editors will: assist the Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, Deputy Editor, and Production Manager in all of his or her aforementioned roles; correspond and work with authors, editorial board members and reviewers; manage and maintain the manuscript tracking system; communicate decisions to authors and deal with queries; ensure efficient flow of papers through the editorial office, and develop improvements in the management of papers.

Development and Communications Liaison

The Development and Communications Liaison will: seek out networking and legacy-building opportunities for the journal; propose recruitment strategies ensuring diversity and capacity among associate editors, editorial and advisory board members, and other journal staff; harness strategic partnerships with other open access organizations/journals to increase readership and maximize publication impact; provide the Editor-in-Chief with proposals and develops methods to improve the journal's community engagement; liase with organizations and individuals interested in supporting the journal and directs strategic marketing and public relations; recommend and develop innovative initiatives that allow the journal to promote and advance research.

Engagement Leads

The Engagement Leads will: assist the editor in coordinating the journal's promotional/marketing team; organize and coordinate journal competitions.

Production Manager

The Production Manager will: ensure that the correct structure for the corresponding section of the journal has been followed; improve the presentation and wording so that the text is easy to read and understand; develop and maintain a style sheet as a record of decisions taken concerning spelling, hyphenation, format, etc.; ensure correctness and consistency in the use of terms, especially technical ones; eliminate unnecessary and repeated material, simplify long and complicated sentences, eliminate unnecessary words; check that tables and figures are correctly cited in the text; advise on the selection and effective use of tables and illustrations; edit tables and figures so that they prove their point and their information ties with the text; check all totals and percentages; ensure that all cross-references are correct and that all bibliographic citations match the reference list; check that the references used are not grossly or overwhelmingly outdated; ensure that the article is complete – that it has the author addresses, email contact numbers, etc.; mark up the manuscript or proof with all necessary instructions for composition or printing.

Editorial and Advisory Board Members

The Editorial and Advisory Board Members will: act as a source of advice and support to the editor; act as reviewers or suggest reviewers; discuss and solve any problems that might face the journal; contribute to the writing of editorials and invited articles; solicit articles for the journal; make policy decisions and approve the journal's by-laws; supervise and monitor the implementation of journal policies; make decisions on financial issues; help in decision-making when reviewers' opinions on submitted manuscripts are not in agreement; serve as the journal's representative to the international scientific community; use their professional influence to help raise the profile of the journal.