Guest Editors The Guest Editors will edit Special Issues and are encouraged to invite colleagues from the same research field to contribute to the Special Issue. Special Issues enable collaboration with scholars all over the world. The main responsibilities of Guest Editors are: Preparing the Special Issue title, aim & scope, summary and keywords; Providing a list of potential contributors; Pre-screen, supervise the whole peer-review process and take decisions on new submissions in their Special Issue; Promotion of the Special Issue at conferences, on social media and other relevant platforms. Subject Editors Subject Editors are assigned, based on their research expertise, to a specific category. They work alongside the Editorial Boards of all the journals in Sciences Force’s portfolio to develop the category and to promote Topics. The responsibilities of the Subject Editor include: Developing Topics strategy, supplying new ideas for promoting Topics, and collaborating with institutes to set up Topics; Inviting other distinguished scientists to join the Subject Editor or to lead Topics as Topic Editors; Inviting recognized scholars in the field to contribute relevant submissions; Suggesting themes, subjects, and potential journals to set up Topics; Promoting Topics at conferences and using related social media channels; Joining the Topics Award Committee to evaluate Sciences Force Topics. Topic Editors The Topic Editors will edit Topics and are encouraged to invite colleagues from the same research field to contribute to the Topic. Topics offer the opportunity to collaborate across disciplines around the world. The main responsibilities of Topic Editors are: Preparing the Topics title, aim & scope, summary and keywords; Providing a list of potential contributors; Pre-screen, supervise the whole peer-review process and take decisions on new submissions in their Topics; Promotion of the Topics at conferences, on social media and other relevant platforms. Collection Editors The Collection Editors will edit permanent Topical Collections and are encouraged to invite colleagues from the same research field to contribute to the Topical Collection. The main responsibilities of Collection Editors are: Preparing the Topical Collection title, aim & scope, summary and keywords Providing a list of potential contributors, a couple of times per year Pre-screen, supervise the whole peer-review process and take decisions on new submissions in their Collection Promotion of the Collection at conferences, on social media and other relevant platforms. Topical Advisory Panel The Topical Advisory Panel is composed of established researchers and early career researchers eager to gain experience in editorial work. For early career researchers that currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute, we invite them to apply to join the Topical Advisory Panel, where they will provide support to Guest Editors, Topic Editors, and Section Board Members. Each year the member’s performance is evaluated, and outstanding members will be promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief. The main responsibilities include the following: Providing regular reviews of manuscripts. Setting up at least one Special Issue (SI) within two years of the appointment. Collaborations on SIs with other established researchers are encouraged, and are mandatory for early career researchers. The topic of the proposal should be within the scope of the journal. The scope of the SI should be broad enough to attract a reasonable number of submissions but narrow enough to provide a cohesive collection of articles. The SI should cover a small part of the scope of the journal, but not the whole. Providing a detailed strategy plan for the SI, including assisting in preparing the SI’s/Topic’s title, aim and scope, summary, and keywords, in addition to soliciting papers and promoting the SI. Providing support for SI/Topics related to your expertise when the Guest Editor(s) is not available. This includes SI promotion via social media and giving advice on some scientific cases. Promotion of the journal at conferences (adding one–two slides into your presentation, distributing flyers, recommending the journal to your colleagues, etc.), on social media, and on other relevant platforms. Participate in working with Editorial Board Members or the Editorial Office to promote high-quality/featured papers (for example, writing a summary or highlights for an Editor's selected papers). To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel member, applicants must: Have expertise and experience in a field related to the journal; Have at least six–eight published papers in the last 5 years as a first author or corresponding author; Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.