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International Collegiate Research Review
Our team

The people behind the journal

The core team runs ICRR day to day. Editors, reviewers, and the people behind communications and recruitment work in the teams below.

Core team

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Founder & Editor

Ayla Ahmadova

Founded the journal and leads editorial direction, scope, and final decisions on submissions.

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Technical Director

Kanan Hajiyev

Builds and maintains the journal platform, submission workflow, and article archive.

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Director of Brand & Communications

Gunel Ahmadova

Leads the journal's branding, marketing, and communications through digital content, campaigns and outreach.

Teams

Editorial Board

  • Aizhan Abzalova
    Managing Editor
  • Leila Aliieva
    Managing Editor

Review Council

  • Daniel Nil Adotey Baddoo
    Head of Peer Review
  • Aysel Huseynova
    Reviewer

Human Resources

  • Asmar Aliyeva
    HR Associate
  • Anshika Garg
    HR Associate

Brand & Communications

  • Firuza Mahmudova
    Content Strategist
  • Leyla Masimova
    Outreach Coordinator

Editors

  • Aysu Taghiyeva
    Editor
  • Leyla Heydarova
    Editor
  • Esmer Eyyublu
    Editor
  • Omar Atakishiyev
    Editor
  • Nigar Taghiyeva
    Editor
  • Leyla Ismayilova
    Editor
  • Banu Teymurova
    Editor
  • Zahra Gasimli
    Editor

8 posts are open

Remote and voluntary, open worldwide, and you need not be enrolled in a degree. Each posting says what the work is and when applications close.

See the open positions

Editorial independence

Editors recuse themselves from any manuscript involving their own institution, supervisor, or collaborators. Decisions rest on the review of the work itself; the managing editor arbitrates where opinions differ.