IJARST Editorial Board — The Experts Behind the Journal

The credibility of a peer-reviewed journal rests on its editorial board: the named subject experts who set scope, recruit reviewers, and make the final accept-or-reject calls. The International Journal of Advanced Research in Science and Technology (IJARST) maintains a public, contactable editorial board whose composition reflects the breadth of subjects we cover — engineering, applied sciences, technology trends, and selected interdisciplinary fields.

The full current board, with each member's name, role, institutional affiliation, and email, is listed on our Editorial Board directory. This page explains how the board is structured, how editors are recruited, and what we ask of them.

How the editorial board is structured

IJARST's editorial board is organised by subject area. Each subject editor is responsible for manuscripts that fall within their domain — for example, a biomedical-engineering editor handles biomedical-engineering submissions; an environmental-sciences editor handles environmental-sciences submissions. This structure ensures that decisions about a paper's significance and rigor are made by people who actively work in the same field.

Above the subject editors sits the Editor-in-Chief, who is responsible for journal-wide policy, ethics escalation, and final decisions on contested cases.

How editors are recruited

IJARST recruits editors who hold a doctorate (or equivalent terminal qualification) in their subject area, are actively publishing peer-reviewed research, and are affiliated with a recognised university, research institute, or industry research lab. Recruitment usually happens through one of three routes:

• Reviewer track: reviewers who have completed multiple high-quality peer reviews for the journal are invited to join the board as subject editors.
• Direct invitation: the Editor-in-Chief identifies subject experts from CrossRef-indexed publication records and invites them.
• Open expression of interest: qualified researchers can apply by writing to editorijarst@gmail.com with their CV and a one-paragraph statement of editorial interest.

What we ask of our editors

• Subject expertise — an editor must work in the same area as the manuscripts they handle.
• Conflict-of-interest disclosure — an editor must recuse from any manuscript involving a co-author, recent collaborator, student, or institutional colleague.
• Timely decisions — editors are expected to issue desk and post-review decisions within the timelines published in our editorial workflow.
• Adherence to ethics policy — editors apply the rules described on our ethics & plagiarism policy page consistently across submissions.
• Confidentiality — manuscript contents and reviewer identities are not shared outside the editorial process.

How to verify an editor's credentials

Every editor on the IJARST board is listed by name and institution. Their academic record can be independently verified through their institutional homepage, ORCID profile, or CrossRef-indexed publication list. We encourage authors and readers who have questions about a particular editor's standing to look them up directly.

Become an IJARST editor or reviewer

We welcome new subject editors and peer reviewers who are active in IJARST's scope areas. To express interest, email editorijarst@gmail.com with your CV, a current ORCID or institutional URL, and a short note on the subject area you want to cover.

See the current board on the Editorial Board page, or Submit a manuscript