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Xpertia Scholarly Governance
Xpertia operates 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.
Three responsibilities, three separate bodies
Science decides what journals and which editors; ethics governs research integrity; editorial governance protects editorial decisions from ownership pressure. That separation is what distinguishes a credible publisher from a predatory one.
Scientific Advisory Board
Decides what journals and which editors
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
Governs integrity
Focus areas
- Standards alignment
- Conflicts of interest
- Research misconduct
- Corrections and retractions
Editorial Independence & Governance Board
Protects editorial decisions from ownership pressure
Focus areas
- Editorial independence
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Cross-journal oversight
- Editor performance and conflicts
How Xpertia uses Scholarly Governance
Before a journal launches
Scientific committees review the proposed title, scope, and scholarly need, and define 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.
Advisory nominations & institutional partnership
We welcome enquiries from scholars interested in serving and from institutions exploring partnership.
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