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Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief

Robert Kirkpatrick, Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait

Yan Jin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China

Senior Editorial Advisor

Liying Cheng, Queen’s University, Canada

 

Associate Editor
Ali Derakhshan, Golestan University, Iran

 

Editorial Board

Alessandro Benati, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Vivien Berry, The University of Hong Kong, China S.A.R.

Alejandro E. Brice, University of South Florida St. Petersburgh, U.S.A.

Bordin Chinda, Ciang Mai University, Thailand

Christine Coombe, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Dong Wan Cho, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea

Miguel Fernandez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Anthony Green, University of Bedfordshire, U.K.

Sahbi Hidri, Department of Education, Abu Dhabi Women’s Campus, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arabic Emirates

Arburim Iseni, State University of Tetova, Macedonia

Ute Knoch, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Icy Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hongli Li, Georgia State University, U.S.A.

Hassan Mohebbi, European Knowledge Development Institute, Turkey

Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University, U.S.A.

Kanchana Prapphal, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Hayo Reinders, Anaheim University, U.S.A. and KMUTT, Thailand

Karim Sadeghi, Urmia University, Iran

Arif Sariçoban, Hacettepe University, Turkey

Miyuki Sasaki, Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan

KyuNam Shim, Cheongju National University of Education, Korea

Jacob Dongil Shin, Chung-Ang University, Korea

Marta Tryzna, Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait

Yoshinori Watanabe, Sophia University, Tokyo

Guoxing Yu, University of Bristol, U.K.

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    11 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    61 days submission to accept (Median)

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