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SAGE Open

SAGE Open


eISSN: 21582440 | ISSN: 21582440 | Current volume: 14 | Current issue: 4 Frequency: Continuous

Sage Open (Impact Factor 2.0) is an open access publication from Sage. It publishes peer-reviewed, original research and review articles in an open access format. Articles may span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities.

Sage Open seeks to be the world’s premier open access outlet for academic research. As such, unlike traditional journals, Sage Open does not limit content due to page budgets or thematic significance. Rather, Sage Open evaluates the scientific and research methods of each article for validity and accepts articles solely on the basis of the research. This approach allows readers greater access and gives them the power to determine the significance of each article through article-level usage metrics. Likewise, by not restricting papers to a narrow discipline, Sage Open facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers, whether within or between disciplines.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Why publish in Sage Open:

  1. Global distribution of your research via the award-winning Sage Journals online platform
  2. Professional copyediting and typesetting of your article will ensure quality
  3. Continuous-publication online format ensures rapid publication upon acceptance

Who should submit manuscripts to Sage Open?

  • Authors who want their articles to receive free, broad, and global distribution on a powerful, highly discoverable publishing platform
  • Authors who want their articles branded and marketed by a world-leading social science publisher
  • Authors who want or need their articles to be open access because of university or government mandates
  • Authors who want their articles to receive quality reviews and efficient production

To view Sage Open’s list of Editorial Board members please visit http://sgo.sagepub.com/editorial-board.

Manuscript submissions will be handled online through Sage Track, Sage’s web-based peer review and submission system, powered by ScholarOne ManuscriptsTM. Visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sageopen for full manuscript submission guidelines.

Please direct any inquiries to sageopen@sagepub.com.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Open access article processing charge (APC) information

The article processing charge for this journal is 2100 USD. The article processing charge for Monographs is 5000 USD.

The APC is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.
 

Sage Open publishes peer-reviewed, original research and review articles in an open access format. Accepted articles span the full extent of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities.

Sage Open aims to be the world's most important social science journal. The journal evaluates the research methods of each article for validity and accepts articles solely on the basis of the research. Likewise, by not restricting papers to a narrow discipline, SAGE Open facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers, whether within or between disciplines.

Sage Open offers authors a continuous-publication format and global distribution for their research via Sage Journals Online. All articles are professionally copyedited and typeset to ensure quality.

Those who should submit to Sage Open include:

  • Authors who want their articles to receive quality reviews and efficient production.
  • Authors who want their articles to receive free, broad, and global distribution on a powerful, highly discoverable publishing platform.
  • Authors who want their articles branded and marketed by a world-leading social science publisher.
  • Authors who want or need their articles to be open access because of university or government mandates.
Business and Management
Innocent Senyo Kwasi Acquah University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Banu Ünsal Akbiyik Kocaeli University, Turkey
Waheed Akhter Center of Islamic Finance, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan
Mawih Kareem Al Ani Dhofar University, Sultanate of Oman
Fekri Ali Shawtari Community College of Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Hashem Alshurafat Business School, The Hashemite University, Jordan
Sandra Alves Institute of Accounting and Administration of Aveiro University, Portugal
Rizqa Anita Universitas Lancang Kuning, Indonesia
Shoaib Aslam The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Anna Baj-Rogowska Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Ufuk Basar Istanbul Ticaret University, Turkey
María Bastida University of Santiago De Compostela, Spain
Imhanrenialena Ogbemudia Benedict University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria
Wonlop Writthym Buachoom KMITL Business School, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
Ziming Cai Nottingham University Business School, United Kingdom
Ali Kemal Çelik Ardahan University, Turkey
Jeremy Eng-Tuck Cheah Nottingham Trent University; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Wei Ying Chong Taylor’s University, Malaysia
Anjali Chopra K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai, India
Nelesh Dhanpat University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Muhammet Sait Dinc Black Hills Sate University, United States
Rodney Duffett Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Younès El Manzani Paris-Saclay University, UVSQ, ISM-IAE, Larequoi, France
Elias Olivares-Benitez Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
Luisa Errichiello National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean (ISMed), Italy
Martin Thomas Falk University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Hong Fan Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Canada
Behzad Foroughi  
Nieves García de Frutos University of Almería, Spain
María-Dolores Guillamon University of Murcia, Spain
Rohail Hassan Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business (OYAGSB), Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Alexandra Horobet Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Syed Talib Hussain Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Shaheed Benazirabad, Pakistan
Umer Hussain Wilkes University, United States
Rasa Kanapickiene Vilnius University, Lithuania
Eddy Balemba Kanyurhi Catholic University of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tehmina Khan College of Business and Law, RMIT University, Australia
Rozalia Kicsi Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
Jungsu Kim Kwangwoon University, South Korea
Rakesh Kumar School of Management Studies, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India
Cheryl Lentz Walden University, Grand Canyon University, and Embry Riddle University, United States
Chenxi Li Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China
Pin-Te Lin Institute of Education, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Meena Madhavan International Maritime College Oman (IMCO), National University of Science and Technology, Sultanate of Oman
Pooja Malik HR-OB, Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida, India
Asish Oommen Mathew Manipal Institute of Technology, India
Dušan Mladenovic Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Abdulalem Mohammed Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia
Soumyatanu Mukherjee XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Delhi-NCR, India
Giseok Nam College of Business, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea
Sami Özcan Ardahan University, Turkey
Seuk Wai Phoong University of Malaya, Malaysia
Konstantinos Pitsakis London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Saurabh Pratap Singh Indian Institute of Technology (IIT BHU), India
Ahmad Qammar COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Azeem Qureshi Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi, Pakistan
Mahmood Rehmani Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
Nailya Saifulina Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Gina Gaio Santos University of Minho, Portugal
Sumita Shroff Institute of Commerce, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India
Michael Stowe University of St Francis, Joliet, IL, University of St Francis, Joliet, IL
Jose Torres-Pruñonosa Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, Spain
P.R. Weerathunga Rajarata University, Sri Lanka
Jose Weng Chou Wong Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
Tai Ming Wut The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Wayu Eko Yudiatmaja Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji, Indonesia
Communication
Jane Abao ADD Publications, Philippines
Mariaelena Bartesaghi University of South Florida, United States
Abu Bhuiyan University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Michael Boyle West Chester University, USA
Patrice Buzzanell Purdue University, United States
Andreu Casero-Ripollés Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Spain
Buroshiva Dasgupta Unitedworld School of Liberal Arts & Mass Communications, Karnavati University
Marc Esteve del Valle Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Anastasia Denisova University of Westminster, United Kingdom
Rasha El Ibiary The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Ann Bainbridge Frymier Miami University, United States
Jacob Groshek Kansas State University, USA
William Howe Texas Tech University, United States
Ignas Kalpokas Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Parvaneh Khosravizadeh Languages and Linguistics Center, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Edward M. Kian School of Media & Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University
Rozalia Kicsi Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
William Lesitaokana The University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Kanchan Malik University of Hyderabad, India
Maulana Rezi Ramadhana School of Communication and Social Sciences, Telkom University, Indonesia
Yi-Ru Regina Chen Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Donghee Shin Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Sheida Shirvani School of Communication Studies, Ohio University, United States
Yotam Shmargad School of Information, University of Arizona, United States
Eirini Sifaki School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Thessaly, Greece
Prahalad Sooknanan University of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad, West Indies
Jeff South Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Sam Usadolo Apex Research and Academic Development Institute, Australia
Ying Wang University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Mark Beaudry CPP-Worcester State University, United States
Elisabeth Carter University of Roehampton, United Kingdom
Andrew Childs School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Australia
Sharyn Graham Davies Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Ieke de Vries Institution of Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden University, Netherlands
Aimée X. Delaney Worcester State University, United States
Dalibor Dolezal University of Zagreb, Croatia
Steven Downing School of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
Ricardo Jacobsen Gloeckner School of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Southern Brazil, Brazil
James Greenstone SEAK Expert Witness Directory, United States
Joy Hadwiger Troy University, United States
Tim Holmes School of Social Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom
Martha Hurley Department of Criminal Justice, The Citadel, United States
Wesley Jennings University of South Florida, United States
Marcin Jurczyk Institute of Pedagogy, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Suman Kakar Florida International University, United States
Ronald Kramer The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Tim Newburn London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Cynthia O'Donnell US Department of Homeland Security, United States
Stephen Owen Radford University, United States
Mine Özasçilar Öztürk Bahçesehir University, Turkey
Elise Sargeant School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Australia
Jennifer Schulenberg University of Waterloo, Canada
Manuel F. Zamora Angelo State University, United States
Economics
Adiwan Aritenang Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
Patrick Asuming University of Ghana, Ghana
M Balasubramanian Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Institute for Social and Economic Change, India
Guy Barokas The Multidisciplinary Decision Research Center, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
M.K. Bashir University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Ioannis Bournakis Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Terry Burnham Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, United States
Zhenhua Chen Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, United States
Sefa Awaworyi Churchill School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University, Australia
Enrico Colombatto University of Turin, Italy
Jamshid Damooei Center for Economics of Social Issues (CESI), California Lutheran University, USA
Sukanya Das TERI School of Advanced Studies, India
José María de Ureña Francés School of Civil Engineers of Roads, Canals and Ports, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Binyam Demena International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), the Netherlands
Pablo Dorta-Gonzalez University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Mauricio Gallardo School of Business Sciences, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
Seth Gershenson American University, USA
Rajeev Goel Illinois State University, USA
Soo Khoon Goh Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Yevgeniy Goryakin Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK
Kishor Goswami Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Shigeyuki Hamori Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan
Mark Harris Curtin University, Australia
Setareh Katircioglu University of Kyrenia, Cyprus
Saoussen Kouki Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudia Arabia
Dionysia Lambiri University of Southampton, UK
Daoji Li California State University, Fullerton, USA
Jan Lust Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Perú
Ghulam Rasool Madni University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan
Rob Roy McGregor College of Business, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Peter K. Musyoka Kenyatta University, Kenya
Atsuyuki Naka The University of New Orleans, USA
Thyago Celso Cavalcante Nepomuceno Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Dang Tue Nguyen School of Economics and Management, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Artor Nuhiu University of Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo
Chijioke Nwosu University of the Free State, South Africa
Franklin Obeng-Odoom School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Anthony Orji University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria
Oguzhan Ozcelebi Istanbul University, Turkey
Francesco Pastore University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Andrew Perumal University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Sanzidur Rahman School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, UK
Norat Roig-Tierno Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Máximo Rossi University of the Republic, Uruguay, Uruguay
Afsin Sahin Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University, Turkey
Md Khaled Saifullah School of Business and Entrepreneurship, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Bangladesh
Marco Stimolo Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
Yogeeswari Subramaniam Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Fadzlan Sufian Business School, Taylor’s University, Malaysia
Novica Supic University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
Navitha Thimmaiah University of Mysore, India
Gladis Villegas University of Medellín, Colombia
Lei Wang Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zhou Yu University of Utah, USA
Education
MelissaNgLeeYen Abdullah Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Rashed Aldabas King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Essa A. Alibraheim Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Tawannah G. Allen School of Education, High Point University, United States
Sara Amani Michigan Technological University, United States
Dilshad Ashraf Institute for Educational Development, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Jeffrey Bakken College of Education, Bradley University, United States
Don Belcher Middle Tennessee State University, United States
Beth Boatright College of Education, University of Washington, United States
David Bright Monash University, Australia
Manuel Caingcoy Bukidnon State University, Philippines
Jeffrey Chan Northern Illinois University, United States
Bing Chen Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Regis Chireshe University of South Africa, South Africa
Mei-Shiu Chiu College of Education, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Jeong Choi SWIFT Education Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, United States
J. Spencer Clark Kansas State University, United States
Teresa Le Sage Clements School of Education, University of Houston-Victoria, United States
Marg Csapo The University of British Columbia, Canada
Mariah Cushing Fresno Pacific University, United States
Katia de Freitas School of Education, Culture and Humanities, Catholic University of Salvador, Brazil
Tuba Demirkol Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey
Ellyn Dickmann Institute for the Built Environment, Colorado State University, United States
Marilyn Dono-Koulouris Institute of Core Studies, St. John's University, United States
Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell School of Education, Louisiana State University, United States
Wendy Drewery University of Waikato, New Zealand
Lawrence Duffy University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States
Adem Ekmekci School Mathematics Project, Rice University, United States
Arthur Ellis Center for Global Curriculum Studies, Seattle Pacific University, United States
Kitty Epstein Holy Names University, United States
Kathy Evans College of Education, University of South Carolina, United States
Jennie Farmer  
Erica Fernández University of Connecticut, United States
Carla Firetto Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, United States
Yang Gao School of Foreign Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Lauren Gatti University of Nebraska, Lincoln, United States
Reza Gholami School of Education, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Angela M. Gibson School of Arts and Humanities, American Public University System, United States
Piotr Alfred Gindrich Institute of Pedagogy, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Poland
Drew Gitomer Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, United States
Kathy-Ann Daniel Gittens KTM Consulting, United States
Brian P. Godor Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cheong Hian Goh Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore
John Goss Shenandoah University, United States
Chris Greer Georgia College and State University, United States
Patricia Hoffman-Miller Prairie View A&M University, United States
S. Jeanne Horst James Madison University, United States
James Hunt The University of Arizona, United States
Caryn Huss Manhattan College, United States
Hafiz Muhammad Iqbal Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Lilliati Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
James Jacob University of Memphis, United States
Marlon James College of Education and Human Development Grants and Contracts, Texas A&M University, United States
Daniela A. Jelincic Center for Sustainable Development Through Culture, Institute for Development and International Relations, Croatia
Gloria Johannessen Texas State University, United States
Karen Jones Institute of Education, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Leann Kaiser School of Education, Colorado State University, United States
Michail Kalogiannakis School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Thessaly, Greece
Martha Karunakar Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India
Daniel Katz Seton Hall University, United States
Hülya Kelecio Glu Hacettepe University, Turkey
Kriss Kemp-Graham Texas A&M University, United States
Jeevan Khanal Nepal Open University, Nepal
Kidwai Khusro Division of Lifelong Learning, University of Maine, United States
Young Chun Kim Chinju National University of Education, South Korea
Eva Klemencic Pedagogical Institute, Slovenia
Christopher Klopper Learning and Teaching Arts, Education and Law Group, Griffith University, Australia
Victoria Knight Vanderbilt University, United States
Mirka Koro-Ljungberg Teachers College, Arizona State University, United States
Marios Kostas Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom
Pradeep Kotamraju Division of Community Colleges, Iowa Department of Education, United States
Zdena Kralova Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia
Meerbek Kudaibergenov Institute for Language Education & Research, Seoul National University of Science & Technology (SeoulTech), Seoul, South Korea
Yacine Lafifi University of Guelma, Algeria
Ricky Lam Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Kent Layton College of Education and Health Professions, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, United States
Angela Lee University of Indianapolis, United States
Jin Lee University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States of America
Won-Chan Lee College of Education, University of Iowa, United States
Jacqueline Leonard School of Teacher Education, University of Wyoming, United States
Alvin Leong Language & Communication Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Lim Hooi Lian School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Emily Lin College of Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States
Hang Lin Hangzhou Normal University, China
Katrina Yan Liu College of Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States
Xinghua Kevin Liu School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Jinjin "Helen" Lu Academy of Future Education, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Jacalyn Lund Georgia State University, United States
Loredana Manasia National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania
Marcella Mandracchia St. John's University, United States
Hyleen Mariaye Mauritius Institute of Education, Mauritius
Wei-Cheng J. Mau Educational & School Psychology, Wichita State University, United States
Azra Moeed School of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Mazlin Mohamed Mokhtar Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia
Teboho Moja New York University, United States
Carmen Mombourquette University of Lethbridge, Canada
William Morrison School of Intervention Services, Bowling Green State University, United States
Kornelija Mrnjaus University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Croatia
Anias Mutekwa Midlands State University, Zimbabwe
Laura Nathan Baby Talk, United States
Christopher B. Newman Azusa Pacific University, United States
Joanna Nijakowska University of Lódz, Poland
Musembi Nungu School of Education, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Kingsley Chinaza Nwosu Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Carol Oberg University of La Verne, United States
Desmond Odugu Lake Forest College, United States
Bahar Otcu-Grillman Center for Global Engagement, Mercy College, United States
John Oversby Institute of Education, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Norbert Pachler School of Education, UCL Institute of Education, United Kingdom
Doxa Papakonstantinou University of Macedonia, Greece
Mahesh Parajuli School of Education, Kathmandu University, Nepal
Hyejin Park Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, United States
Habibullah Pathan Sohar University, Sultanate of Oman
Shireen Pavri College of Education, California State University, Long Beach, United States
Nastaran Peimani Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Seuk Yen Phoong Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia
Joyce Pittman School of Education, Drexel University, United States
Sue Pope Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
GS Prakasha School of Education, Christ University, India
Jill Purdy Cedar Crest College, United States
Mehrak Rahimi Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Iran
Kevin Reimer University of California, Merced, United States
Hayo Reinders Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Luisa Ribolzi University of Genoa, Italy
Suzanne Robinson California State University, Fullerton, United States
Alexey Root School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, United States
Christine Rubie-Davies The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Ali Safivand University of Rochester, United States
Kalyani Samantray Utkal University, India
Rebecca Schumacher School Counseling & Sport Management, University of North Florida, United States
Jason Scott School of Digital and Screen Media, Leeds Trinity University, United Kingdom
Paula J. Scraba St. Bonaventure University, United States
Tesfaye Semela Center for Policy and Development Research, Hawassa University, Ethiopia
Melanie Shaw School of Education, Northcentral University, United States
Min Shen Language Centre, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Carolyn Shields College of Education, Wayne State University, United States
Jeff Shih University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States
David Stein College of Education and Human Ecology, Ohio State University, United States
Claudia Stoian Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania
Kamden Strunk Auburn University, United States
Abdul Syahid Institut Agama Islam Negeri Palangkaraya, Indonesia
Colleen Thoma School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
Gabriela Topa Cantisano National University for Distance Education, Spain
Sandra Valadas University of Algarve, Portugal
Alexandre Ventura Catholic University of Brazil, Brazil
Tomoko Wakabayashi  
Ze Wang School & Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri, United States
Michael Wei School of Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City, United States
Suzanne M. Wilson University of Connecticut, United States
Stacie Wolbert Edinboro University, United States
Harrison Yang State University of New York at Oswego, United States
Hongzhi Yang The University of Sydney, Australia
Ping Yang School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University, Australia
George Zarifis School of Philosophy and Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Darlene Zellers University of Pittsburgh, United States
Jun Zhao Augusta University, United States and China
Environmental Studies
Kofi Akamani Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States
Luigi Aldieri University of Salerno, Italy
Bing Baltazar Brillo Institute for Governance and Rural Development, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
Alina Nuta Danubius International University, Romania
Bechir Raggad Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia
Humanities
Rebekha Abbuhl California State University, Long Beach, United States
Amini Amir Abdullah Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Abimbola Adesoji Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Sinan Akilli Cappadocia University, Turkey
Simone Alexander Seton Hall University, United States
Konstantinos Arvanitis School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Usree Bhattacharya University of Georgia, United States
Adams Bodomo University of Vienna, Austria
Catherine Bolten University of Notre Dame, United States
Carmela Briguglio Curtin Academy, Curtin University, Australia
Matt Burdelski Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University, Japan
Brahim Chakrani Michigan State University, United States
Li-Rong Lilly Cheng School of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University, United States
Sheat Fun Chow School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Mark Conroy University of New England, Australia
Mihaela Culea University of Bacau, Romania
Hossein Vahid Dastjerdi University of Isfahan, Iran
Marisol del-Teso-Craviotto Miami University, United States
Marc Duby University of South Africa, South Africa
David Goldfield University of North Carolina, Charlotte, United States
Lynne Goldstein College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, United States
Leah Gustilo De La Salle University, Philippines
Jill Hallett College of Arts and Sciences, Northeastern Illinois University, United States
Dee Hansen University of Hartford, United States
Martin Isleem Bucknell University, United States
Demola Jolayemi Elizade University, Nigeria
Mina Karavanta National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
Eswarappa Kasi Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, India
Anais Holgado Lage Princeton University, United States
Marvin Lam The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Anita Lee The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Mette Lovschal School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark
Omer Mahfoodh School of Languages, Literacies and Translation, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Safi Mahmoud Mahfouz University of Jordan, Jordan
Sarasij Majumder Kennesaw State University, United States
Tiina Mantymaki University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Fidel Meraz University of the West of England, United Kingdom
Stefania Merlo University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Marko Synesio Alves Monteiro Laboratory of Advanced Studies in Journalism, University of Campinas, Brazil
Irina Moore School of Humanities, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Majeda Omar The University of Jordan, Jordan
Öner Özçelik Indiana University, United States
Marcel Poorthuis Tilburg School of Theology, Netherlands
Halim Rane School of Humanities, Griffith University, Australia
Catherine Rees School of the Arts, English and Drama, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Abdolmehdi Riazi Macquarie University, Australia
Rowena Robinson Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Saudi Sadiq Minia University, Egypt
Kassim Shaaban American Univeristy of Beirut, Lebanon
Hanaa Shaarawy Modern Sciences and Arts University, Egypt
Neal Snape Gunma Prefectural Women's University, Japan
Gabrielle Starr Pomona College, United States
Frederick Streets Divinity School, Yale University, United States
Abdorreza Tahriri University of Guilan, Iran
Saeed Taki Islamic Azad University, Iran
Mariam Thalos University of Utah, United States
Ellen Tillman Texas State University, United States
Joseph G. Trabbic Ave Maria University, United States
Marjana Vaneva School of Foreign Languages, University American College Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
John Wei Media Design Centre, Media Design School, New Zealand
Joan Wines California Lutheran University, United States
Julius L. Wynn St. Petersburg College, United States
Andrea L. Yates University of Rhode Island, United States
Sajida Zaki NED University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan
Jie Zhang The University of Oklahoma, United States
Information Science
Abdel-Salam G. Abdel-Salam College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Qatar
Christoph F. Breidbach School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Stefanka Chukova School of Mathematics and Statistics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Kwasi Darko-Ampem St. Margaret College, Ghana
Kadir Demir Izmir Demokrasi University, Turkey
Michael Dzandu School of Applied Management, Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Carlos Evia Virginia Tech University, United States
Boudhayan Ganguly Indian Institute of Management Bodhgaya, India
Anne Goulding School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Maki K. Habib The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Telmo Henriques ISCTE-IUL Lisbon University Institute, Portugal
Sounman Hong Yonsei University, South Korea
Josef Langerman University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Carrie Lui Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia
Robert J. McGrath University of New Hampshire, United States
Hon Keung Tony Ng Southern Methodist University, United States
Emmanuel Oghakpor National Labor College, United States
Preeti Patel London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
G.C. Alex Peng Information School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Georgios Samakovitis University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
Sarika Sawant School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, India
Asuman Turkmen Ohio State University at Newark, United States
Sirje Virkus School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University, Estonia
Ioannis Xenakis University of the Aegean, Greece
Political Science
Ugochukwu Abasilim Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
Jason Abbott University of Louisville, United States
Charisma Acey University of California, Berkeley, United States
Saladin Ambar Rutgers University, United States
Lilia Arakelyan Florida International University, United States
Oana Armeanu University of Southern Indiana, United States
Walton Brown-Foster Central Connecticut State University, United States
Yan-yi Chang Chung Hua University, Taiwan
Cher Weixia Chen School of Integrative Studies, George Mason University, United States
Soundarya Chidambaram Bucknell University, United States
Daniele Conversi Ikerbasque Foundation for Science, University of the Basque Country, Spain
Sybille Reinke de Buitrago Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg, Germany
Art Dewulf Wageningen University, Netherlands
Sakir Dincsahin Hasan Kalyoncu University, Turkey
Robert Dover University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Bernard Enjolras Centre for Research on Civil Society and Voluntary Sector, Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway
Ivo Ganchev Beijing Foreign Studies University, United Kingdom and China
Ruben Garnica-Monroy Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
Mehrnaz Ghamami Michigan State University, United States
Krzysztof Goniewicz Polish Air Force Academy, Poland
Erualdo González California State University, Fullerton, United States
Peter Gotsch IMPAQT, University of Kassel, Germany
Simon F. Haeder West Virginia University, United States
Carola Hein Delft Technical University, Netherlands
Richard F. Huff School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
Rana Jawad University of Bath, United Kingdom
Sara R. Jordan School of Public & International Affairs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States
P.V. Kandachar Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Prakash Kandpal Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski University of Wroclaw, Poland
Prakash Kashwan University of Connecticut, United States
Kerem Kiliçdaroglu TED University, Turkey
Naonori Kodate Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland
Oluwatoyin Kolawole Okavango Research Institute Department, University of Botswana, Botswana
Jukka Kortti University of Helsinki, Finland
Zeenat Kotval-Karamchandani Michigan State University, United States
Christopher Larimer University of Northern Iowa, United States
Mariely Lopez-Santana School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, United States
Thomas Maloutas Harokopio University, Greece
Marco Mastronunzio Trento University, Italy
Helene Muri University of Oslo, Norway
Masa Noguchi University of Melbourne, Australia
Chinedu Ofoma Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria
Raphael Ogom School fo Public Service, DePaul University, United States
Omobolaji Olarinmoye Hamilton College, United States
Samuel Oni Covenant University, Nigeria
Natalia Piskunova Institute for International Studies, Moscow State Institute for International Relations, Russia
Ying Qiu Hofstra University, United States
Ingo Rohlfing Center for Comparative Politics, University of Cologne, Germany
James Saku Frostburg State University, United States
Tiina Seppala University of Lapland, Finland
Ivan Sascha Sheehan School of Public and International Affairs, University of Baltimore, United States
Ermal Shpuza Kennesaw State University, United States
Robert Mark Silverman University at Buffalo, United States
Henry Sirgo McNeese State University, United States
Changzoo Song University of Auckland, New Zealand
Sumeeta Srinivasan Tufts University, United States
Li Sun Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Fariborz Tehrani California State University Fresno, United States
Evren Tok College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Terri Towner Oakland University, United States
Denise Traber University of Lucerne, Switzerland
Hans Westlund KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Jennifer Whittal University of Cape Town, South Africa
Wai Kwok Wong Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Charles Wu University of South Alabama, United States
Marta Zerkowska-Balas Institute of Social Sciences, SWPS University, Poland
Psychology
Erin O'Carroll Bantum Cancer Center, University of Hawai'i, United States
Usha Barahmand University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran
Paul Barrett Cognadev Ltd., New Zealand
Jamila Bookwala Lafayette College, United States
Floretta Boonzaier University of Cape Town, South Africa
James Bourgeois University of California, San Francisco, United States
Angela M. Bowman Heads The University of Texas, United States
Paula Brochu Nova Southeastern University, United States
Emanuele Castano University of Trento, Institute of cognitive sciences and technologies, National Research Council, Italy
Chuansheng Chen University of California, Irvine, United States
Anna Cieslicka Texas A&M International University, United States
Donna Crawley Ramapo College of New Jersey, United States
Golda Aira Crisostomo Graduate School, St. Scholastica's College, Manila, Philippines
Elizabeth Davis University of California, Riverside, United States
Pascal R. Deboeck The University of Utah, United States
Johanna Degen Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany
Barnaby Dixson School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Australia
Amber Eade Slippery Rock University, United States
Thomas Eckes TestDaF Institute, Germany
Joyce Endendijk Utrecht University, Netherlands
Christopher Ferguson Stetson University, United States
Edward Fernandes Barton College, United States
Richard Ferraro University of North Dakota, United States
Mick Fleming Department of Health and Social Care, Isle of Man, Scotland
Adam Froerer Mercer University, United States
Amin Gadit McMaster University, Canada
Soraia Garcês University of Madeira; Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, University of Algarve, Portugal
Niki Frances Susan Harre School of Psychology, the University of Auckland, New Zealand
Claire Hart University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Harlene Hayne University of Otago, New Zealand
Kate Houston Texas A&M International University, United States
Christina Hunger-Schoppe Institute of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Yuki Kamide School of Psychology, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Xiying Li Shaanxi Normal University, China
Dana Litt University of Washington, United States
Kamala London Newton University of Toledo, United States
Katerina Maniadaki Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece
Lorraine Maxwell Cornell University, United States
Dawna Cricket Meehan Miami University, United States
Paul Miller University of Cumbria, United Kingdom
Thomas Nassif Research Transition Office, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, United States
Ottar Ness Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Michelle O'Reilly School of Psychology, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Maria Luisa Onor University of Trieste, Italy
Amy Pinkham School of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, United States
Yehuda Pollak School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Maria Reid College of Arts, Sciences & Education, Florida International University, United States
Marta Rondon National Maternal Perinatal Institute, Peru
Jan H. Rosenvinge University of Tromso, Norway
Donald Sacco University of Southern Mississippi, United States
Clive Sims NC Italian University London, United Kingdom
Elena Stanculescu University of Bucharest, Romania
Stefan Stieger Karl Landsteiner University, Austria
Dagmar Strohmeier University of Applied Sciences in Upper Austria, Austria
Shamala Sundaray University of Essex, United Kingdom
Lukas Thürmer Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria
Martin Tomasik University of Zurich, Switzerland
Claudia Unikel Santoncini National Institute of Psychiatry, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Chris Wagstaff University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Bo Wang Nanjing University, China
Sam Wang Oklahoma State University, United States
Meike Watzlawik Sigmund Freud University, Berlin, Germany
Jennifer Weaver Boise State University, United States
Yvonne Victoria Wells Suffolk University, United States
Janis Whitlock College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, United States
Lloyd Williams S P Jain Center of Management, United States
Derek J. Wilson Prairie View A&M University, United States
Sociology
Jyotirmayee Acharya Sri Sri University, India
Tulasi Acharya South Georgia State College, United States
Lise Agustin Aalborg University, Denmark
Taban Khalid Ahmed College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani, Iraq
Mustafa Aksakal Bielefeld University, Germany
Anna-Mari Almila The Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Saied Reza Ameli University of Tehran, Iran
Robert Anthony Shepherd University, United States
Vassilis Arapoglou University of Crete, Greece
Molefi Kete Asante Temple University, United States
Christobel Asiedu Louisiana Tech University, United States
Gul Muhammad Baloch School of Medicine, Taylor’s University, United States
Kofi Benefo Lehman College, United States
Emma Bond Suffolk Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Suffolk, United Kingdom
Philip Boucher European Parliamentary Research Service, Brussels, Belgium
Robert Boyd Mississippi State University, USA
Kelly Bricker University of Utah, United States
Michael Briguglio University of Malta, Malta
B. Ricardo Brown Pratt Institute, United States
David Carter University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States
Chiara Certoma Centre for Sustainable Development, Ghent University, Belgium
Cassandra Chaney College of Human Sciences & Education, Louisiana State University, United States
Y. Joon Choi School of Social Work, University of Georgia, United States
Pasquale Colloca University of Bologna, Italy
Neela Dabir School of Vocational Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Rohinton Emmanuel School of Engineering, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom
Hayriye Erbas Ankara University, Turkey
Maurizio Esposito Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy
Federico Farini University of Northampton, United Kingdom
Betty Garcia California State University, Fresno, United States
Charles D. Garvin School of Social Work, University of Michigan, United States
Matthew Gougherty Eastern Oregon University, United States
Ruby Gourdine School of Social Work, Howard University, United States
Suzanne M. Henderson Independent Scholar, United States
Daniel Hodge North Park University, United States
Darrin Hodgetts School of Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand
Michin Hong School of Social Work, Indiana University, United States
Lindsey Ibanez Washburn University, United States
Jayne Ifekwunigwe Duke University, United States, USA
V. Kalyani School of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
George Klein Oakton Community College, United States
Kristyan Kouri California State University Northridge, United States
Brigette Krieg University of Regina, Canada
Wei Lang School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Lynn Lavallée University of Manitoba, Canada
Mia Liinason University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Baozhen Luo College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Western Washington University, United States
Xiangyu Ma Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Anna Manzoni North Carolina State University, United States
Maria Mendes Center for Research and Studies in Sociology, University Institute of Lisbon , Portugal
Fehintola Mosadomi The University of Texas at Austin, United States
Sarah Moser McGill University, Canada
Alireza Salehi Nejad University of Tehran, Iran
Lorretta Ntoimo Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Benjamin Okonofua Global Cultural Knowledge Network, U.S. Army North, United States
Titilayo A. Okoror Binghamton University, United States
Maria Pantea Babes Bolyai University, Romania
Maria-Carmen Pantea Babes Bolyai University, Romania
Elizabeth Piatt McNair Scholars Program, Kent State University, United States
Vijayan Pillai School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, United States
Karen Rich Marywood University, United States
Julie Ridley School of Social Work, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
Gokhan Savas American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Stephen J. Scanlan Ohio University, United States
Elizabeth Scheel-Keita St. Cloud State University, United States
R. Shanthi Kumaraguru College of Technology, India
Tianyu Shen Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
Adrian Stringer University College Cork, Ireland
Allison Anna Tait Schools of Law, University of Richmond, United States
Jaita Talukdar Loyola University, United States
Eran Tamir Center for Studies in Jewish Education, Brandeis University, United States
Morena Tartari Northumbria University (Newcastle), United Kingdom
Ruth Thompson-Miller University of Dayton, United States
Nathalie E. Williams University of Washington, United States
George Wilson University of Miami, United States
Marina Zaloznaya The University of Iowa, United States
Andrew Ziner Eastern International College, United States
Sociology of Health and Illness
Turki Alqurashi UMM Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
Craig Becker East Carolina University, United States
Melanie Birks College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Australia
Genevieve Breau School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
Gary Burkholder College of Health Sciences and Social Behavior Sciences, Walden University, United States
Mario Cardano University of Turin, Italy
Pamela Cone School of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University, United States
Gavin Daker-White NIHR Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Eman Dawood King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
Heike Thiel de Bocanegra University of California, San Francisco, United States
Lanie Dornier Louisiana Tech University, United States
Dawn Dowding The University of Manchester, United States
Abimbola Farinde College of Business, Columbia Southerine University, United States
Ginette Gosselin Ferszt College of Nursing, The University of Rhode Island, United States
Fook Yee Chye Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Tanisha Grimes Health Research Evaluation Services, United States
Razak Mohammed Gyasi African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
Motasem Hamdan School of Public Health, Al-Quds University, Palestine
Joyce Hunter HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University, United States
Paula M. Karnick Resurrection University, United States
Hafiz Khan College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare, University of West London, United Kingdom
Norman Kleiman School of Public Health, Columbia University, United States
Keri Larsen Southeastern Louisiana University, United States
Yik Wa Law The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Violeta Lopez Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore
David Lorenzo Campus Docent Sant Joan de Deu, Spain
Meena Mahadevan Montclair State University, United States
Runtang Meng School of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, China
Spencer Moore University of South Carolina, United States, USA
Dianne Morrison-Beedy College of Nursing, University South Florida, United States
Mzikazi Nduna University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Adebayo Oluwatobi Jhpiego Nigeria, Nigeria
Ann Ooms Kingston University and St. George's University of London, United Kingdom
Puspa Raj Pant Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Christine Peters Independent Researcher, United States
Amanda Phelan School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, Ireland
Danita R. Potter School of Nursing, Grambling State University, United States
Shedra Amy Snipes The Pennsylvania State University, United States
Christine V. Stephens School of Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand
Mary Ann Toner College of Education and Health Professions, University of Arkansas, United States
Mojtaba Vaismoradi Nord University, Norway
Joyce Weil College of Natural and Health Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, United States
Nicole Ennis Whitehead University of Florida, United States
Yueyun Zhang School of Social Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
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