Editorial Team

EDITOR IN CHIEF 

Role: to ensure compliance with the journal's policies, processes, editorial line, and quality and indexing standards. In addition, to coordinate the Editorial Committee and related technical and administrative teams. The editor will filter papers before they are sent to reviewers; will communicate editorial decisions to the authors; and will oversee and approve the content of each issue before publication.

Reyna M. Durón, MD

Research Director, Dirección de Investigación, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Email: reyna.duron@unitec.edu.hn

Fields of expertise: neuroscience, telehealth, neurogenetics, science of science.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-2289

DEPUTY EDITOR

Role: to replace and support the functions of the Editor in Chief.

José Luis Ordóñez Ávila, MSc, PhD c.

Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Email: jose.ordonez@unitec.edu

Fields of expertise: mechatronics, robotics, automatization

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3537-1739

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE 2024-

Role: to monitor compliance with the journal's policies, to guarantee the currency and relevance of the content before publication; to promote dissemination; to participate in arbitrations when necessary; and to propose authors or reviewers; as well as to take on other functions suggested by the editors.

Allan Discua Cruz, PhD

Management School, Lancaster University, Inglaterra

Email: a.discuacruz@lancaster.ac.uk

Fields of expertise: entrepreneurship; family-owned businesses, business

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0069-3092

Amparo Marroquín Parducci, PhD

Decanatura, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades

Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas

Email: amarroquin@uca.edu.sv

Fields of expertise: communication, cultural studies, research methodology, cultural theory, media studies, migration.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3996-3974

Carlos Roberto Arias Arévalo, PhD

Engineering and Computer Science Department, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington, EE.UU.

Email: arias@spu.edu

Fields of expertise: computer science, artificial intelligence, automated machine learning.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-0956

Edwin Francisco Herrera-Paz, MD

Populations of the Americas (CAAPA), Denver, Colorado, US

Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Honduras, Honduras

eherrera@unicah.edu

Fields of expertise: human genetics, ethnic populations, evolutionary biology.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9437-6620

Julia N. Bailey, PhD

Departament of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California in Los Ángeles, USA

Email: jbailey@mednet.ucla.edu

Fields of expertise: mathematics, genetics, genetic epidemiology.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-5904

Joon Nak Choi, PhD

Department of Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Email: jnchoi@ust.hk

Fields of expertise: Asian regional integration, world cities, automation and machine learning, business strategy and consulting, social network theory, artificial intelligence.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3275-3915

Kevin Mejía Rivera, PhD

Escuela de Arte y Diseño. Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Email: kevin.mejia@unitec.edu.hn

Fields of expertise: education, professional competences, E-learning, communication, advertising, information technologies.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8941-8168

Manuel Cardona, PhD

Dirección de Investigación, Universidad Don Bosco, El Salvador

Email: manuel.cardona@udb.edu.sv

Fields of expertise: robotics, automatization, computer vision, artificial intelligence.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4211-3498

Miguel Morales Chan, PhD

Director del Área de Educación Digital, Universidad Galileo, Guatemala, Guatemala.

amorales@galileo.edu

Fields of expertise: technology-assisted learning, MOOCs, artificial intelligence, digital learning, learning analysis

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8742-8186

Verónica Baena Graciá, PhD

Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y de la Comunicación, Universidad Europea de Madrid

Email: veronica.baena@universidadeuropea.es

Fields of expertise: teaching innovation, sustainability, brand management, franchises, sports marketing.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4641-591X

EXTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Herbert Stegemann, MD

Hospital Vargas de Caracas, Venezuela

hstegema@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7919-399X

Fields of expertise: psychiatry, traveler’s medicine, journolology

TECHNICAL STAFF

Eduardo Antúnez

Webmaster y desarrollador Webmaster

Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Gustavo Peña, MSc

English copy editor

Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Ivette Ortega

Strategic communications

Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, UNITEC, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Marlon Meléndez, MSc

Statistical reviewer

Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Nelsa Ortiz

Online visibility

Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Silvia Denise Valdez Carías, PhD

Administrative management

Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

PREVIOUS EDITORS IN CHIEF

Dr. Jacobo Paredes (2013)

Dr. Jared Ocampo (2014-2015)

Dra. Claudia Castro (2015-2017)

Dr. Nelson Lizardo (2018-2019)

Dra. Mariela Contreras (2020-2023)