Guest Editorial Research Articles

Guest Editorial for the Special Issue on “Geosynthetic-Reinforced Sustainable Transport Infrastructures”

Guest Editorial for the Special Issue on “Geosynthetic-Reinforced Sustainable Transport Infrastructures”

Guest Editorial Advances in Generative Visual Signal Coding and Processing

Guest Editorial Advances in Generative Visual Signal Coding and Processing

Anthropology in times of escalating conflicts

Escalating conflicts often lead to the proliferation of oversimplified narratives and intense pressure to conform to them. Anthropology can play a crucial role in such situations by (1) analysing the origins and mechanisms of enforcement of these narratives across various contexts, providing a more nuanced understanding of the conflict's dynamics; (2) challenging dominant framings of specific aspects of the conflict by producing contextualized knowledge, thereby offering alternative perspectives and insights; and (3) highlighting narratives that acknowledge the responsibility of the involved actors and explore new possibilities for political co‐existence. To illustrate these points, this guest editorial applies narrative conflict theory to the violence between Israelis and Palestinians since 7 October 2023 and invites readers to reflect on the discipline's responsibilities and methods in the face of the normalization of war and annihilation.

Guest Editorial Plenty of Room at at Bottom: Ten Years of DNA-Based Data Storage

Guest Editorial Plenty of Room at at Bottom: Ten Years of DNA-Based Data Storage

Guest editorial: The interplay between new innovations, sustainability and food supply chains

Guest editorial: The interplay between new innovations, sustainability and food supply chains

Guest editorial: IJTC regional review series: People’s Republic of China and Latin America

Guest editorial: IJTC regional review series: People’s Republic of China and Latin America

Guest Editorial: AI and the news

Guest Editorial: AI and the news

Guest Editorial: IoT‐based secure health monitoring and tracking through estimated computing

Guest Editorial: IoT‐based secure health monitoring and tracking through estimated computing

A Letter from the Guest Editors: Meditation on Hawai`i as the Piko

A Letter from the Guest Editors: Meditation on Hawai`i as the Piko

Guest editorial: Safer communities, the environment and social justice: introduction to Special Issue

Guest editorial: Safer communities, the environment and social justice: introduction to Special Issue

Guest editorial: Generating evidence to improve quality of life and other outcomes for children and adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities

Guest editorial: Generating evidence to improve quality of life and other outcomes for children and adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities

Guest editorial: Introduction to the special issue: liberating disaster studies

Guest editorial: Introduction to the special issue: liberating disaster studies

Guest editorial: Perspectives on sustainable practices in banking

Guest editorial: Perspectives on sustainable practices in banking

Safeguarding scientific integrity: A case study in examining manipulation in the peer review process

ABSTRACT This case study analyzes the expertise, potential conflicts of interest, and objectivity of editors, authors, and peer reviewers involved in a 2022 special journal issue on fertility, pregnancy, and mental health. Data were collected on qualifications, organizational affiliations, and relationships among six papers’ authors, three guest editors, and twelve peer reviewers. Two articles were found to have undisclosed conflicts of interest between authors, an editor, and multiple peer reviewers affiliated with anti-abortion advocacy and lobbying groups, indicating compromised objectivity. This lack of transparency undermines the peer review process and enables biased research and disinformation proliferation.Our study is limited by a few factors including: difficulty collecting peer reviewer data, potentially missing affiliations, and a small sample without comparisons. While this is a case study of one special issue, we do have suggestions for increasing integrity.

Editorial From the Guest Editors

Editorial From the Guest Editors

Introduction to the Special Issue on DEIA in Copyright Librarianship

An introduction to the special issue from the guest editor, Sara R. Benson.

Guest editorial: Contemporary learning behaviors on mobile devices and social media – part II

Guest editorial: Contemporary learning behaviors on mobile devices and social media – part II

Guest editorial: Special issue introduction: strategic management in Latin America: exploring a VUCA context within a change of era

Guest editorial: Special issue introduction: strategic management in Latin America: exploring a VUCA context within a change of era

Guest editorial: Climate resilient food systems: implications for policy research

Guest editorial: Climate resilient food systems: implications for policy research

Guest editorial: A disruptive disposition: Attitudes for justice-seeking partnerships illuminating and making transparent our intentions and purposes

Guest editorial: A disruptive disposition: Attitudes for justice-seeking partnerships illuminating and making transparent our intentions and purposes