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International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking (IJVCSN)

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Journal Catalog 2021/2022

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Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief: Subhasish Dasgupta, George Washington University, United States; Rohit Rampal, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8533-9024
Associate Editors: Chia-Wen Tsai, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan; Katia Passerini, St. John's University, United States; Krzysztof Juszczyszyn, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland; Rhoda Joseph, Penn State Harrisburg, United States; Rohit Rampal, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8533-9024; Vandana Ahuja, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Noida https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4512-7203; Wen-Chen Hu, University of North Dakota, United States
Editorial Review Board: Abeer Al-Faouri, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Jordan; Carlo Porto-Bellini, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-3172; Dhrubasish Sarkar, Amity University Kolkata, India; Dr. Shirin Alavi, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8743-6701; Eric Turner, George Washington University, United States; Gábor Hosszú, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2856-9552; Guoying Zhang, Midwestern State University, United States; Heath Row, University of Southern California, United States; Istvan Mezgar, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; Jason Baker, Regent University, United States; Jyotsana Thakur, Amity University Haryana, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-8702; Kangning Wei, Shandong University, China; Leila Esmaeili, Islamic Azad University, Iran, Islamic Republic Of https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3603-0570; Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0594-1961; Manpreet Dhillon, Hult International Business School, United States; Miguel-Ángel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain; Mohammed Al-Kasasbeh, Police College - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Muhammet KÖROĞLU, Uşak University, Turkey; Qingyu Zhang, Shenzhen University, China; Ta Tao Chuang, Gonzaga University, United States; Ulf Rerrer-Brusch, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany; Vladimir Modrak, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia; Xiaomo Liu, JPMorgan Chase & Co., United States
International Advisory Board: Kijpokin Kasemsap, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand; Mohamed Amine Ferrag, Guelma University, Algeria; Nilanjan Dey, Techno International New Town, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8437-498X

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