Editorial board

Editor-in-chief

Professor Sifeng Liu
Northwestern Polytechnical University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - People's Republic of China
sfliu@nwpu.edu.cn 

Editorial assistant

Associate Professor Mingli Hu
Institute for Grey Systems Studies, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing, 211106 - People's Republic of China
huml@nuaa.edu.cn

Associate editor

Professor Camelia Delcea
The Bucharest Academy of Economics - Romania 

Professor Rafał Mierzwiak
Poznan University of Technology - Poland 

Professor Lifeng Wu
Hebei University of Engineering, People's Republic of China

Professor Naiming Xie
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - People's Republic of China 

Professor Yingjie Yang
De Montfort University - UK

Publisher

Joanna Jiao
Emerald Publishing - People's Republic of China
jjiao@emerald.com

Journal editorial office (for queries related to pre-acceptance)

Please contact the Journal Editorial Office
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Supplier project manager (for queries related to post-acceptance)

Abinaya Jegadhesan
Emerald Publishing
jabinaya.emerald@tnqtech.com

Editorial advisory board

Xiaoyue Zhu
Ocean University of China - People's Republic of China 

Professor Diyar Akay
Gazi University - Turkey

Yimeng An
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power - People's Republic of China 

Professor Rosley Anholon
University of Campinas - Brazil

Dr Mohamed Atef
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - People's Republic of China 

Professor Erdal Aydemir
Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey

Professor Rafael Bernardo Carmona-Benítez 
Universidad Anáhuac México - Mexico

Professor Che-Jung Chang 
Quanzhou Normal University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Ni-Bin Chang
University of Central Florida - USA

Professor Prasenjit Chatterjee
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University - Lithuania 

Professor Ada Che
Northwestern Polytechnical University - People's Republic of China 

Dr Nanlei Chen
Hohai University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Philip Chen
University of Macau - Macau 

Professor Yanhui Chen
Shanghai Maritime University, People's Republic of China

Professor Liviu-Adrian Cotfas
Bucharest University of Economics, Romania

Professor Jie Cui
Huaiyin Institute of Technology - People's Republic of China 

Professor Yaoguo Dang
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - People's Republic of China 

Professor Davood Darvishi
Payame Noor University, Iran

Dr Wenjie Dong
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - People's Republic of China 

Dr Junliang Du
Northwestern Polytechnical University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Zhigeng Fang
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - People's Republic of China 

Professor Jeffrey Forrest
Slippery Rock University - USA

Professor Hassen Fourati
University Grenoble Alpes - France

Mingyun Gao
Central China Normal University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Zoran Gligorić
University of Belgrade - Republic of Serbia 

Professor Yeqing Guan
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - People's Republic of China 

Professor Huan Guo
Jianghan University, People's Republic of China

Professor Xiaojun Guo
Nantong University, People's Republic of China

Professor Yonghong Hao
Tianjing Normal University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Keith W. Hipel
University of Waterloo - Canada

Dr Ehsan Javanmardi
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, People's Republic of China

Professor Saad Ahmed Javed
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology - People's Republic of China 

Dr Peng Jiang
Shandong University, People's Republic of China

Dr Ismail Kamdar
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - People's Republic of China 

Tooraj Karimi
University of Tehran - Iran 

Dr Arjab Singh Khuman
De Montfort University, UK

Professor Bingjun Li
Henan Agricultural University - People's Republic of China 

Dr Guo-Dong Li
Tokyo Metropolitan University - Japan

Professor Kevin W. Li
University of Windsor - Canada

Mingshan Li
Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology - People's Republic of China 

Professor Peng Li
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology - People's Republic of China 

Professor Xuemei Li
Ocean University of China - People's Republic of China 

Yaping Li
Nanjing Forestry University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Qingwei Liang
Northwestern Polytechnical University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Bin Liu
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology - People's Republic of China 

Professor Yong Liu
Jiangnan University - People's Republic of China 

Dr Zhen Liu
Wuxi University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Dang Luo
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power - People's Republic of China 

Professor Wael E. M. S. Mahmod
Assiut University - Egypt

Professor David Mba
University of the Arts London - UK

Professor Wei Meng
Chongqing Technology and Business University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Reza Feylizadeh Mohammad
Islamic Azad University , Iran

Professor Jorge C. Morán
University of Vigo - Spain

Dr Muhammad Nawaz
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - People's Republic of China 

Dr Jeffrey Ofosu-Adarkwa
Sunyani Technical University - Ghana 

Professor Robin Qiu
Pennsylvania State University - USA

Dr Rajesh Rajagopal
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology - India

Professor R.M Kapila Tharanga Rathnayaka
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Professor Jose L. Salmeron
University Pablo de Olavide - Spain

Professor Ani Shabri 
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Malaysia

Zhongju Shang
Northwestern Polytechnical University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Jihong Shen
Harbin Engineering University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Zhengyu Song
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology - People's Republic of China 

Dr Bentao Su
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics - People's Republic of China 

Professor Chunhua Su
Xinyang Normal University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Xuerui Tan
Shantou University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Wei Tang 
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - People's Republic of China 

Professor Bhekisipho Twala
University of Johannesburg - South Africa

Dr Fang Wang
Xidian University, People's Republic of China

Professor Jiefang Wang
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power - People's Republic of China 

Professor Wenping Wang
Southeast University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Ziliang Wang
Shandong University - People's Republic of China 

Dr Baolei Wei
Nanjing University of Science and Technology - People's Republic of China 

Professor Yong Wei
China West Normal University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Ewa Wiecek-Janka
Poznan University of Technology - Poland

Qiao Wu
Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications - People's Republic of China 

Professor Xinping Xiao
Wuhan Polytechnic University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Pingping Xiong
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, People's Republic of China

Professor Shuli Yan
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology - People's Republic of China 

Professor Baohua Yang
Jiangsu Normal University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Tianxiang Yao
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology - People's Republic of China 

Lili Ye
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law - People's Republic of China 

Professor Chaoqing Yuan
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, People's Republic of China

Professor Lucas Gabriel Zanon
University of São Paulo - Brazil

Professor Xiaojun Zeng
The University of Manchester, UK

Jingru Zhang
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China - People's Republic of China 

Professor Ke Zhang
Hohai University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Na Zhang
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology - People's Republic of China 

Dr Qin Zhang
Yangzhou University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Qishan Zhang
Fuzhou University - People's Republic of China 

Professor Yicha Zhang
Université de technologie de Belfort Montbéliard, France

Huimin Zhou
Henan Agricultural University - People's Republic of China