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ISSN 2815-5300 (online)

General Information

Title
International Interdisciplinary Scientific Journal “Expert”
Date of foundation
2023
e-ISSN
2815-5300
DOI Prefix
10.62034/2815-5300
DOI registration agency
Crossref
Category
Peer-reviewed scientific journal
Language of publication
English, Bulgarian, Polish, Ukrainian
Publication frequency
Bimonthly (2023–2024); Annual volume with continuous publication (since 2025)
Medium (format)
Online (e-journal)
Journal website
https://scientific-journal.expert
Place of publication
Plovdiv, Republic of Bulgaria
Founder and Publisher
“ASPECT-PRO” LTD (BULSTAT UIC: 206917762), Plovdiv, Republic of Bulgaria
Publisher’s official website
https://aspect-pro.bg
Editorial Office
2 Visla Street, 4000 Plovdiv, Republic of Bulgaria

Academic Profile and Scope

The International Interdisciplinary Scientific Journal “Expert” provides an interdisciplinary platform for scholarly research within the broad fields of social, economic, and legal sciences.

The Journal promotes rigorous, ethically grounded, and socially relevant research that contributes to the advancement of knowledge and supports informed academic and professional discussion across disciplines.

Particular attention is given to research that integrates perspectives, methods, or concepts from multiple disciplines in order to address complex contemporary economic, managerial, legal, political, psychological, institutional, and social challenges.

Subject Areas: Social, Economic and Legal Sciences

Disciplines:

  • Economics and Economic Policy;
  • Administration and Management;
  • Business and Entrepreneurship;
  • Tourism and Hospitality;
  • Political Science and Public Administration;
  • Sociology and Social Studies;
  • Psychology;
  • Law and Legal Studies;
  • Public Communications and Information Sciences.

The Journal welcomes both disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarly contributions that demonstrate originality, scientific relevance, appropriate methodology, and a clear contribution to knowledge.

Interdisciplinary research connecting these areas or extending across conventional disciplinary boundaries is welcomed where it falls within the Journal’s overall academic profile.

Related: Aims and Scope

Indexing Information

Information on the Journal’s indexing and abstracting services is provided on a dedicated webpage and is subject to periodic updates.

The most current and authoritative indexing information is available at Databases and Indexing.

The International Interdisciplinary Scientific Journal “Expert” is included in Bulgaria’s National Reference List of Contemporary Bulgarian Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications (NRS ID: 4941), a national reference resource used to identify peer-reviewed scientific publications within the Bulgarian academic and research system.

Publisher Responsibility

ASPECT-PRO LTD acts as the legal publisher of the International Interdisciplinary Scientific Journal “Expert” and is responsible for the Journal’s administrative, publishing, contractual, technical, production, metadata, dissemination, and preservation functions.

These functions include, as applicable:

  • management of the Journal’s publishing platform;
  • technical hosting and online publication of scholarly content;
  • publication administration;
  • DOI registration and metadata management;
  • production and technical preparation of published content;
  • support for indexing and discoverability;
  • administrative support for the editorial workflow;
  • long-term digital preservation and archiving of Journal content.

The Publisher supports the editorial and publishing infrastructure but does not determine scientific validity, scholarly merit, or editorial decisions concerning the acceptance, revision, or rejection of manuscripts.

Scholarly evaluation and editorial decision-making remain separate from the Publisher’s administrative and technical responsibilities.

Related: Editorial Policies  ·  Publication Ethics

Editorial Independence

Editorial assessment and decision-making are conducted independently from the Publisher.

Final editorial decisions concerning acceptance, revision, or rejection are made by the Editor-in-Chief.

Where the Editor-in-Chief has a relevant conflict of interest, the Editor-in-Chief is excluded from the handling and decision-making process, and decision-making authority is transferred to a qualified non-conflicted member of the Editorial Board or another appropriately designated independent editor, in accordance with the Journal’s Editorial Policies.

Editorial decisions are based on scholarly and editorial considerations and are made independently of commercial, administrative, institutional, or other inappropriate external influence.

The Publisher does not influence editorial decisions concerning the evaluation, acceptance, revision, or rejection of manuscripts.

Open Access Policy

The Journal provides immediate open access to its published scholarly content.

All articles are freely available online immediately upon publication, without subscription or access fees.

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, which permits use, sharing, distribution, adaptation, and reproduction provided that appropriate attribution is given to the original work.

Related: Open Access Policy  ·  Copyright and Licensing  ·  Archiving and Preservation

Submission Policy

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal must constitute original, previously unpublished scholarly work, fall within the Journal’s thematic scope, and comply with the applicable requirements concerning authorship, citation and attribution, academic integrity, publication ethics, manuscript preparation, Article Declarations, submission, and publication conditions.

Detailed requirements concerning author eligibility, manuscript preparation, submission, Article Declarations, and publication conditions are governed by the Journal’s Publication Conditions and related author guidance.

The use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in manuscript preparation and throughout the scholarly publishing process must comply with the Journal’s Generative AI Policy.

Submission of a manuscript does not itself guarantee external peer review or publication.

Initial editorial assessment precedes external peer review and is governed by the Journal’s applicable editorial policies.

Editorial Board and Academic Expertise

The Editorial Board comprises scholars and academic professionals whose expertise corresponds to the disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields relevant to the Journal’s academic profile.

Information concerning Editorial Board members, their institutional affiliations, countries, and available academic identifiers is provided on the dedicated Editorial Board page.

Editorial Board members contribute, within their respective roles and subject to applicable conflict-of-interest requirements, to the Journal’s editorial governance, scholarly standards, and academic development.

Peer Review

Scholarly manuscripts that successfully complete initial editorial assessment and remain under consideration for publication undergo external double-blind peer review by two independent reviewers.

Initial editorial assessment precedes external peer review and is used to determine whether a submitted manuscript falls within the Journal’s scope and satisfies the essential scholarly and editorial requirements for further consideration.

Manuscripts that do not proceed beyond the initial editorial assessment may be declined before external peer review in accordance with the Journal’s applicable editorial policies.

Under the double-blind model, the identities of authors and reviewers are not disclosed to each other during the review process.

Peer review is conducted in accordance with the Journal’s Peer Review Process.

Reviewer responsibilities, confidentiality requirements, independence, conflicts of interest, and ethical standards are governed by Review Ethics and the Guidelines for Reviewers.

Peer-review reports are advisory. Final editorial decisions are made in accordance with the Journal’s established editorial governance and conflict-of-interest framework.

Scholarly Publishing Standards

The Journal’s editorial and publishing framework is based on internationally recognised principles and good practices of scholarly publishing, including:

  • transparent editorial governance;
  • editorial independence;
  • research and publication integrity;
  • appropriate authorship, citation, and attribution;
  • external peer review of scholarly manuscripts that proceed beyond initial editorial assessment;
  • confidentiality and appropriate management of conflicts of interest;
  • responsible use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies;
  • transparent mechanisms for corrections, retractions, expressions of concern, and other post-publication actions;
  • immediate open-access dissemination;
  • persistent DOI-based scholarly records;
  • long-term digital preservation and archiving.

Detailed policies, standards, and procedures governing these areas are available through the relevant sections of the Journal website.

01 / Welcome to EXPERT

Research without boundaries.
Knowledge with impact.

The International Interdisciplinary Scientific Journal “Expert” provides an open-access platform for scholarly research across the social, economic and legal sciences, guided by independent peer review and established editorial standards.

01

Research

Interdisciplinary perspectives across the social, economic and legal sciences.

02

Integrity

Independent peer review and responsible editorial practices.

03

Connection

International scholarly dialogue and academic cooperation.

Submit Your Manuscript Explore Academic Cooperation
02 / Research Fields

Explore Our Research Fields

The Journal welcomes original scholarly contributions across nine core research disciplines and related interdisciplinary areas.

Research on economic systems, policy choices and their societal implications.
  • Economics and Economic Policy: Research on economic systems, policy choices and their societal implications.
  • Administration and Management: Studies of organisational management, governance, leadership and administrative practices.
  • Business and Entrepreneurship: Research on enterprise development, innovation, business strategy and entrepreneurial activity.
  • Tourism and Hospitality: Research addressing tourism systems, hospitality management and sustainable destination development.
  • Political Science and Public Administration: Studies of political institutions, public policy, governance and administrative systems.
  • Sociology and Social Studies: Research on social structures, communities, institutions and social change.
  • Psychology: Research addressing psychological processes, human behaviour, well-being and related social contexts.
  • Law and Legal Studies: Studies of legal systems, legal doctrine, regulation, rights and their practical application.
  • Public Communications and Information Sciences: Research on public communication, media, information processes and knowledge exchange.
Explore Aims & Scope
03 / Publication Process

From Submission to Publication

The publication journey can be understood through five key editorial milestones, within the Journal’s broader submission, review and publication workflow.

Progression depends on editorial assessment, peer-review outcomes and the final editorial decision.

Authors submit their manuscripts and required information in accordance with the Journal’s submission guidelines.
  • Manuscript Submission: Authors submit their manuscripts and required information in accordance with the Journal’s submission guidelines.
  • Initial Editorial Assessment: The Editorial Office assesses suitability, completeness and compliance with the Journal’s requirements.
  • Independent Peer Review: Manuscripts selected for external review undergo independent scholarly evaluation under the Journal’s peer-review policy.
  • Editorial Decision: The authorised editor makes an independent decision based on scholarly merits, review findings and editorial requirements.
  • Publication: Following Final Editorial Acceptance and completion of applicable post-acceptance requirements, the manuscript proceeds through production, metadata and DOI preparation, and online publication.
Author Guide & Submission
04 / Academic Cooperation

Join Our Academic Community

Contribute to the Journal’s scholarly activities as an author, reviewer or Editorial Board member, or explore opportunities for academic and institutional cooperation.

All editorial and publication decisions remain under the Journal’s independent editorial authority.

Submit original research for consideration through the Journal’s independent editorial and peer-review procedures.
  • Authors: Submit original research for consideration through the Journal’s independent editorial and peer-review procedures.
  • Reviewers: Contribute specialist expertise to the independent scholarly evaluation of manuscripts.
  • Editorial Board: Support the Journal’s academic development, disciplinary expertise and editorial standards.
  • Academic & Institutional Cooperation: Explore cooperation with academic institutions, scholarly organisations, conference organisers, research projects and related academic initiatives within the Journal’s editorial framework.
Explore Cooperation Opportunities
05 / Scholarly Visibility

Open Research. Global Visibility.

The Journal supports the accessibility and discoverability of published research through open-access publication, DOI registration and participation in scholarly indexing and discovery services.

Published articles are freely accessible under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).
  • Open Access: Published articles are freely accessible under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).
  • DOI Registration: Articles receive persistent digital object identifiers registered through Crossref.
  • Indexing & Discovery: The Journal’s publications are represented in scholarly indexing and discovery services, as detailed on the Journal’s website.
  • International Accessibility: Open online access enables researchers and readers worldwide to discover and consult published articles.
Explore Indexing & Visibility
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