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International Collegiate Research Review
Our team

The people behind the journal

A small team runs ICRR: editorial, technical, and communications. The section editorships are being appointed ahead of Issue 1.

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.

Editorial roles

Managing Editor
Appointment pending

Runs the review cycle, correspondence, and production schedule.

Section Editor, Natural Sciences
Recruiting

Oversees review and decisions in the sciences.

Section Editor, Business & Economics
Recruiting

Oversees review in economics, finance, and organisational research.

Section Editor, Law & Policy
Recruiting

Handles doctrinal, comparative, and regulatory submissions.

Section Editor, Humanities
Recruiting

Oversees history, literature, philosophy, and the arts.

Section Editor, Social Sciences
Recruiting

Oversees psychology, sociology, anthropology, and politics.

Copyeditor
Recruiting

House style, references, and proofing of accepted manuscripts.

Join the reviewer panel

We are recruiting reviewers across all five sections: graduate students, postdocs, and faculty. Two manuscripts a month, three-week turnaround.

Apply as a reviewer

Take on an editorial role

The section editorships and the copyeditor post above are open. You would hold a section: what it reviews, who reviews it, and the decision that follows.

Apply as an editor

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.