Global Governance Systems Review (GGSR) maintains a transparent governance structure designed to distinguish journal ownership and publishing administration from academic and editorial decision-making.

The journal is owned and published by Panorama Scholarly Group. The designated place of publication is Berlin, Germany. Day-to-day editorial administration is coordinated through the Global Governance Systems Review Editorial Office.

Academic responsibility for the journal is exercised through its editorial governance structure, led by the Editor-in-Chief and supported by the journal's editors and Editorial Board. Editorial decisions concerning scholarly content remain independent of ownership, administrative, financial, and commercial considerations.

Governance Structure

Owner	Panorama Scholarly Group
Publisher	Panorama Scholarly Group
Place of Publication	Berlin, Germany
Editorial Management	Global Governance Systems Review Editorial Office
Academic Leadership	Editor-in-Chief and the journal's editorial governance structure
Editorial Decision-Making	Independent of commercial and administrative considerations

Ownership

Global Governance Systems Review is owned by Panorama Scholarly Group as part of its scholarly publishing programme.

Ownership provides the institutional framework within which the journal is published and maintained. It does not confer authority to influence individual editorial decisions on the basis of financial, institutional, personal, political, or commercial interests.

The ownership structure of the journal is disclosed publicly in order to support transparency for authors, reviewers, readers, libraries, indexing services, and other participants in scholarly communication.

Publishing Responsibility

Panorama Scholarly Group is responsible for the publishing framework supporting GGSR.

Publishing responsibilities include the provision and maintenance of journal infrastructure, manuscript-management systems, publication workflows, article production, metadata management, online dissemination, digital preservation arrangements, and other technical and administrative services required for scholarly publication.

The publisher may establish general operational, technical, ethical, and publishing standards for the journal. Such responsibilities are distinct from the academic evaluation of individual manuscripts.

The designated place of publication for Global Governance Systems Review is Berlin, Germany.

Editorial Governance

The academic direction of GGSR is governed through the journal's editorial structure.

The Editor-in-Chief holds primary academic responsibility for the journal's editorial direction and for maintaining the quality, relevance, integrity, and coherence of its published scholarship.

Depending on the nature of a submission and the journal's editorial organization, manuscript assessment may involve Associate Editors, Section Editors, Editorial Board members, independent reviewers, or other appropriately qualified scholars.

The Editorial Board contributes to the intellectual and academic development of the journal and may advise on matters including editorial scope, scholarly standards, peer review, emerging research areas, research integrity, and the continuing development of the journal.

Editorial appointments are intended to reflect appropriate scholarly expertise and to support the disciplinary, methodological, geographical, and institutional diversity required by the journal's international scope.

Editorial Office

The Global Governance Systems Review Editorial Office coordinates the day-to-day administrative operation of the journal.

Its responsibilities may include:

• receiving and administratively screening manuscript submissions;
• coordinating communication among editors, authors, and reviewers;
• supporting the organization and documentation of peer review;
• monitoring manuscript progress through editorial and production workflows;
• coordinating revisions, proofs, and publication procedures;
• maintaining journal and editorial records;
• supporting metadata preparation and publication administration; and
• assisting with the implementation of journal policies and editorial procedures.

The Editorial Office provides administrative and operational support. It does not replace the academic authority of editors in matters involving scholarly evaluation and editorial decisions.

Editorial Independence

Editorial independence is a fundamental principle of GGSR.

Decisions concerning whether a manuscript should be sent for peer review, revised, accepted, rejected, corrected, retracted, or otherwise subject to editorial action are made within the journal's editorial governance structure on scholarly and ethical grounds.

Editorial decisions are based on considerations including:

• relevance to the journal's aims and scope;
• originality and scholarly contribution;
• theoretical or conceptual significance;
• methodological quality and analytical rigour;
• quality and reliability of evidence;
• compliance with research and publication ethics; and
• the conclusions arising from editorial assessment and peer review.

Editorial decisions are not determined by an author's nationality, institutional affiliation, professional seniority, financial position, personal relationships, or ability to pay publication charges.

Payment or eligibility for an article processing charge, waiver, discount, or other financial arrangement does not influence manuscript evaluation or editorial decision-making.

Separation of Editorial and Commercial Functions

GGSR maintains an appropriate separation between scholarly editorial functions and the financial or administrative activities associated with publishing.

Staff involved primarily in financial administration, invoicing, marketing, technical operations, or other non-editorial functions do not determine the scholarly outcome of individual manuscripts.

Where an editor, Editorial Board member, publisher representative, or other person associated with the journal has a competing interest concerning a manuscript, that individual should not participate in editorial decisions relating to the submission where such involvement could compromise, or reasonably appear to compromise, impartiality.

Conflicts of Interest in Editorial Management

Editors are expected to disclose relevant financial, professional, institutional, academic, or personal interests that could affect their impartiality in handling a manuscript.

Where an Editor-in-Chief or handling editor has a relevant conflict of interest, responsibility for the manuscript should be transferred to another suitably qualified editor who is able to make an independent decision.

Submissions authored by members of the journal's editorial structure are not exempt from the journal's normal editorial and peer-review requirements. Appropriate measures should be taken to ensure that such submissions are handled independently and without preferential treatment.

Role of the Editorial Board

The Editorial Board supports the scholarly mission and long-term academic development of GGSR.

Editorial Board membership is an academic role and does not imply ownership of the journal or participation in its financial management.

Board members may contribute expertise through peer-review support, editorial consultation, identification of emerging areas of scholarship, development of thematic initiatives, and advice concerning the journal's academic standards and international development.

Appointment to the Editorial Board does not guarantee authority over individual manuscripts. Responsibility for each submission is determined through the journal's editorial workflow and conflict-of-interest procedures.

Appointment and Review of Editorial Roles

Editors and Editorial Board members should be appointed on the basis of relevant academic expertise, research experience, professional standing, and their ability to contribute meaningfully to the journal's scholarly mission.

The composition of the editorial structure may be reviewed periodically to ensure continuing alignment with the journal's aims and scope, publication volume, disciplinary coverage, geographical orientation, and evolving areas of governance research.

Editorial roles may be revised where necessary to preserve academic quality, effective governance, research integrity, or the proper functioning of the journal.

Research Integrity Responsibilities

Responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record is shared among the journal's editors, Editorial Office, reviewers, authors, and publisher, according to their respective roles.

Potential concerns involving plagiarism, duplicate publication, authorship disputes, undisclosed competing interests, data integrity, citation manipulation, peer-review manipulation, research misconduct, or other ethical matters are addressed through the journal's applicable editorial and research-integrity procedures.

Where concerns arise after publication, the journal may undertake appropriate editorial action, including the publication of corrections, expressions of concern, retractions, or other notices necessary to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.

Complaints and Appeals

Authors, reviewers, readers, and other stakeholders may raise concerns regarding editorial procedures, publication ethics, or journal management through the journal's designated communication channels.

Editorial appeals should be considered independently and on their scholarly merits. An appeal does not guarantee reconsideration or reversal of an editorial decision.

Where a complaint concerns the conduct or decision of a particular editor, appropriate steps should be taken to ensure that the matter is considered by an individual who was not directly responsible for the disputed decision wherever practicable.

Transparency and Accountability

GGSR seeks to maintain transparent information concerning journal ownership, publishing responsibility, editorial leadership, editorial board membership, peer-review procedures, publication ethics, author charges, copyright and licensing, and relevant contact channels.

The names and institutional affiliations of members of the journal's editorial structure are made available through the journal's Editorial Board pages, subject to the journal's current governance arrangements.

Changes to ownership, publishing responsibility, journal title, editorial leadership, or other matters materially affecting the journal's bibliographic or scholarly identity should be reflected transparently in the journal's public information and scholarly records where applicable.