{"id":10076,"date":"2026-04-28T09:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/?page_id=10076"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:24:32","slug":"publisher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/publisher\/","title":{"rendered":"Publisher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advances.in LTD is an independent academic publisher dedicated to accelerating scientific discovery and increasing the accessibility of knowledge. We believe in removing barriers to research and ensuring that high-quality, peer-reviewed findings are available to a global audience. Our mission is to support the scholarly community by providing a modern, efficient, equitable, and transparent publishing platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Publishing Model & Ownership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are a <strong>Gold Open Access publisher<\/strong>. This means that all articles published in our journals, including <em>advances.in\/psychology<\/em>, are made permanently and freely available online immediately upon publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To fund this model and cover the costs of publication\u2014which include rigorous peer review management, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, and web hosting\u2014we charge an <strong>Article Processing Charge (APC)<\/strong>. This charge is payable by the authors, their institution, or their funding body <em>only<\/em> after an article has been editorially accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are committed to ethical publishing and adhere to the principles outlined by the <strong>Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advances.in LTD is a private company registered in England and Wales, <strong>owned by its founder, Karolina S. Sowa.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher Leadership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1105\" src=\"https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sowa_small.jpg\" alt=\"Karolina Sowa\" class=\"wp-image-8289 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sowa_small.jpg 800w, https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sowa_small-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sowa_small-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sowa_small-768x1061.jpg 768w, https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sowa_small-380x525.jpg 380w, https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sowa_small-550x760.jpg 550w, https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sowa_small-760x1050.jpg 760w, https:\/\/advances.in\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sowa_small-434x600.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karolina S. Sowa, Founder & Director<\/strong> As the founder and owner of Advances.in, Karolina is responsible for all <strong>non-editorial operations<\/strong>, including platform management, production, business strategy, and financial oversight. Her mission is to apply her experience in business administration and operations (from roles at Google and Air Liquide) to create a streamlined and ethical publishing house for the 21st century.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Commitment to Editorial Independence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To ensure the scientific integrity of our journals, we maintain a strict separation between our business operations (the Publisher) and our academic editorial decisions (the Journal).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Journal\u2019s Editorial Board<\/strong>, led by the Editor-in-Chief, is comprised of independent academic experts. 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