The Global Expert Review Panel (GERP) unites reputable scholars from diverse fields and regions, selected for their expertise in marketing, international business, hospitality, and sustainability. They possess robust publication records and high citation impact, underscoring their academic influence. Alongside recognized ad hoc reviewers, GERP supports our esteemed Editorial Board (https://sites.google.com/view/gems-team/editorial-board) to deliver independent, rigorous, and constructive peer reviews, ensuring impartiality. As a vital pillar of Global Empirical Marketing Studies (GEMS)—a premier emerging journal—this panel drives our mission to advance impactful global scholarship. Membership is an honorary role, with GEMS valuing panel members’ contributions without financial compensation.

Note: Institutes are listed with rankings from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking) or QS World University Rankings 2026 (https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings), as applicable.

Dr. Hamid ABBASSI

• Education: PhD in marketing and international business, Old Dominion University (ranked 801st–1,000th, THE), U.S.

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Marketing, Fayetteville State University, U.S.

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, international marketing, entrepreneurial marketing, brand management, artificial intelligence in business

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=EarAwzgAAAAJ 

Dr. Muhammad Mahboob ALI

• Education: PhD in economics, University of Chittagong (ranked 1,201st–1,500th, THE); Post-doctoral fellowship in entrepreneurial management, Naresuan University (ranked 1,401+, QS), Thailand

• Affiliation: Professor of Economics, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology; Former Vice Chancellor and Dean of School of Business, Presidency University, India

• Review Areas: tourism, sustainability, entrepreneurship, strategic management, financial economics

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=9EvMh5UAAAAJ  (1,170 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. Bilal ANWAR

• Education: PhD in management science and engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University (ranked 201st–250th, THE), China

• Affiliation: Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Bahria University (ranked 1001st–1200th, THE), Pakistan

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, corporate social responsibility, organizational performance, marketing strategy, digital marketing, sustainability, data analytics, meta-analysis, public–private partnership projects, digital transformation

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=N8ZnhHcAAAAJ (559 citations, August 22, 2025)

Dr. Muhammad ASHFAQ

• Education: PhD in marketing, School of Business Administration, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China; Post-doctoral fellowship, College of Management, Shenzhen University (ranked 351st–400th, THE), China

• Affiliation: Faculty Member, Business School, RMIT University Vietnam (Part of RMIT University, Australia, which is ranked 125th, QS) 

• Review Areas: artificial intelligence service agents, consumer behavior, consumer technology adoption, digital marketing, and sustainability

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KEj9uMoAAAAJ (3,450 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. Muhammad Awais BALOCH

• Education: PhD in Business Administration and Management, Beijing Institute of Technology (ranked 201st–250th, THE), China

• Affiliation: Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, China

• Review Areas: environmental economics, green finance, sustainability, business strategy, organizational behavior, economic development, climate change, data analytics

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QLkQ7d8AAAAJ&hl=en (7,151 citations, August 8, 2025); world's top 0.9% in citations, top 1.42% overall (ScholarGPS 2024)

Dr. Koblarp CHANDRASAPTH

• Education: PhD in marketing, Newcastle University (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, ranked 137th, QS), United Kingdom

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing, Business School, Chiang Mai University (ranked 526th, QS), Thailand

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, online consumption, brand conflicts, marketing communications, destination branding, digital marketing, socially responsible branding, visual methods in research

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JzJhG5cAAAAJ&hl=en (119 citations, August 30, 2025)

Dr. DANISH

• Education: PhD in resources and climate change economics, Beijing Institute of Technology (ranked 201st–250th, THE), China

• Affiliation: Associate Professor, School of Management & Marketing, Faculty of Business & Law, Taylor’s University, Malaysia

• Review Areas: environmental economics, climate change, renewable energy, sustainability, green finance

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ug7PCC4AAAAJ&hl=en (14,159 citations, August 9, 2025); top 1% Clarivate highly cited researcher in the years 2021 & 2022; top 2% scientist in the world in economics (Stanford/Elsevier, last 5 years)

Dr. Darko DIMITROVSKI

• Education: PhD in geography (tourism), Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade (ranked 761st–770th, QS), Serbia; Post-doctoral fellowship in wine tourism and gastronomy, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (ranked 1,201st–1,500th, THE), Portugal

• Affiliation: Professor and Vice-President, Center for Research and Education in Tourism, Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism, University of Kragujevac (ranked 1,001st–1,200th, THE), Serbia

• Review Areas: destination management, sustainable tourism, business tourism, gastronomy

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ix-w7dcAAAAJ (1,854 citations, August 24, 2025) 

Dr. Mingjie FANG

• Education: PhD in logistics, service, and operations management, Korea University (ranked 61st, QS), South Korea

• Affiliation: Associate Professor, College of Economics & Management, Nanjing Agricultural University (ranked 951st–1,000th, QS), China

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, services management, sustainability, sustainable tourism, operations and supply chain management, risk management

• Publication: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mingjie-Fang-2?ev=hdr_xprf (661 citations, August 9, 2025)

Dr. Pagon GATCHALEE

• Education: PhD in information technology and digital innovation, Silpakorn University (ranked 1,401st+, QS), Thailand

• Affiliation: Lecturer, Department of Marketing, Business School, Chiang Mai University (ranked 526th, QS), Thailand

• Review Areas: digital marketing, artificial intelligence marketing, consumer behavior

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=HRJj30sAAAAJ; over 291,000 followers for his China affairs blog (https://tja.or.th/view/booklet/1452740)

Dr. Ashish GUPTA

• Education: PhD in management, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, India

• Affiliation: Associate Professor in Marketing (Senior Grade), Faculty of Management, South Asian University, India

• Review Areas: marketing management, consumer behavior, communications, international marketing, services management

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=MAoiMzcAAAAJ (1,873 citations, August 3, 2025)

Dr. Muhammad HAFEEZ

• Education: PhD in management science and engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (ranked 1001st–1200th, QS), China

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Management Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (ranked 654th, QS), Pakistan

• Review Areas: green marketing, sustainability, environmental entrepreneurship, international business, green supply chain management, eco-innovation, financial globalization

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=fN9pUEQAAAAJ (5,354 citations, August 6, 2025); world's top 2.01% in citations, top 1.84% overall (ScholarGPS 2024)

Dr. Muhammad Shehzad HANIF

• Education: PhD in management sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (ranked 519th, QS), China

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor, UCP Business School, University of Central Punjab (ranked 801st–1,000th, THE), Pakistan

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, digital marketing, services management, artificial intelligence in business, data analytics, entrepreneurship, innovation, business strategy, sustainability

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_qbDNHkAAAAJ&hl=en (523 citations, September 2, 2025)

Dr. Shujahat Haider HASHMI

• Education: PhD in regional economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (ranked 166th, THE), China

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing and International Business, NUST Business School, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) Islamabad (ranked 371st, QS), Pakistan

• Review Areas: green marketing, sustainability, environmental economics, international trade and business

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=nW_Il8cAAAAJ (3,210 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. Syed Tauseef HASSAN

• Education: PhD in business administration, Beijing Institute of Technology (ranked 201st–250th, THE), China

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor, School of Management and Economics, Hezhou University, China

• Review Areas: environmental economics, sustainability, renewable energy, artificial intelligence in business, digital economy, green finance

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8N9cVXsAAAAJ&hl=en (4,309 citations, August 11, 2025); world's top 2.4% in citations, top 3.45% overall (ScholarGPS 2024); top 2% scientist in the world in economics (Stanford/Elsevier, 2024)

Dr. Mohammad Enamul HOQUE

• Education: Doctor of Business Administration in Finance, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (ranked 126th, QS), Malaysia

• Affiliation: Associate Professor, BRAC Business School, BRAC University (ranked 1,001st–1,200th, THE), Bangladesh

• Review Areas: environmental sustainability, applied finance, energy finance, climate finance, investments, Islamic marketing, structural equation modeling (SEM), regression analysis, time-frequency analyses

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=dHN_0yYAAAAJ (2,758 citations, August 28, 2025)

Dr. Asad Abbas JAFFARI

• Education: Doctor of Business Administration in Marketing, University of the West of Scotland (ranked 601st–800th, THE), United Kingdom

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Marketing, Birmingham City University (ranked 801st–1,000th, THE), United Kingdom

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, brand management, sustainability, social media marketing

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=dnwneI4AAAAJ (113 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. Sindhu JOSEPH

• Education: PhD in management studies, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University (ranked 401st–500th, THE), India

• Affiliation: Associate Professor of Travel & Tourism and Head of the Department of Travel & Tourism Management, Govinda Pai Memorial Government College, affiliated with Kannur University, India

• Review Areas: medical tourism, wellness tourism, sustainability, public health, destination marketing

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yFF_Re4AAAAJ&hl=en (145 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. Hazem Ahmed KHAIRY

• Education: PhD in hotel management (HRM), University of Sadat City (ranked 1,201st–1,500th, THE), Egypt

• Affiliation: Associate Professor of Hotel Management (HRM), University of Sadat City (ranked 1,201st–1,500th, THE), Egypt

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, green marketing, sustainability, hospitality, human resources management, organizational behavior

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=OY6Qq9YAAAAJ (613 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. The Anh PHAN

• Education: PhD in management science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (ranked 199th, QS), Taiwan

• Affiliation: Lecturer in Marketing and Director of Marketing Concentration, Becamex Business School, Eastern International University, Vietnam

• Review Areas: marketing strategy, consumer behavior, communications, meta-analysis

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7HWM90cAAAAJ&hl=en (106 citations, July 27, 2025); famous travel blogger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anh_Phan 

Dr. Ratchaprapa RAKSASAT

• Education: PhD in applied science and applied chemistry, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (ranked 201st–250th, THE), Malaysia

• Affiliation: Assistant Research Analyst, CGS International Securities (Thailand) Company Limited

• Review Areas: sustainability, data-driven marketing, data analytics, environmental marketing, international business

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=DqdDLBQAAAAJ (537 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. Raiswa SAHA 

• Education: PhD in business administration and management, SRM University Sonepat, Haryana, India

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Marketing, JK Business School, India

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, sustainability, cross-cultural marketing, tourism and hospitality, artificial intelligence in business, meta-analysis

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=RZDJ4M4AAAAJ (1,921 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. Manuel SÁNCHEZ PÉREZ

• Education: PhD in marketing, University of Valencia (ranked 430th, QS), Spain

• Affiliation: Professor of Marketing, University of Almería, Spain

• Review Areas: marketing strategy, consumer behavior, organizational relationships, supply chain management, innovation, services management, hospitality

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=8ASrS2EAAAAJ (3,787 citations, July 29, 2025)

Dr. Ousanee SAWAGVUDCHAREE

• Education: PhD in business administration, Institute of International Studies, Ramkhamhaeng University (English Program), Thailand

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Entrepreneur, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (ranked 1,201st–1,400th, QS), Thailand

• Review Areas: marketing strategy, international business, consumer behavior, communications, digital marketing, entrepreneurial marketing, green marketing, services management, sustainability, hospitality, change management, organizational behavior, management information systems

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Bb5x2csAAAAJ&hl=th (141 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. Muzammal Ilyas SINDHU

• Education: PhD in finance, Bahria University (ranked 1001st–1200th, THE), Islamabad, Pakistan

• Affiliation: Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Bahria University (ranked 1001st–1200th, THE), Islamabad, Pakistan

• Review Areas: corporate social responsibility, sustainability, behavioral finance, financial technology, financial markets

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sF-1j5cAAAAJ&hl=en (440 citations, August 19, 2025)

Dr. Prakash SINGH

• Education: PhD in marketing management, Savitribai Phule Pune University (ranked 566th, QS), India

• Affiliation: Associate Professor of E-Commerce & Marketing, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Saudi Electronic University (ranked 1201st–1500th, THE), Saudi Arabia

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, customer engagement, digital entrepreneurship, metaverse, social media marketing, e-learning, e-commerce

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BsPMPsAAAAAJ&hl=en (582 citations, August 12, 2025)

Dr. Ankur SRIVASTAVA

• Education: PhD in marketing, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, India

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Marketing, "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University (formerly Institute of Rural Management Anand), India

• Review Areas: marketing strategy, international business/marketing, consumer behavior, communications, brand management, services management, marketing modeling, hospitality, gaming, new age technologies, structural equation modeling, marketing theory, qualitative research, luxury retail, sustainable consumption, mobile payments, electric vehicle adoption

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=aCygGQYAAAAJ (611 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. Shefali SRIVASTAVA

• Education: PhD in business administration, management, and operations, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Christ University (ranked 1,501+, THE), Bangalore, India

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, supply chain management, sustainability, healthcare service delivery, social entrepreneurship, digitalization in industry 4.0

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=tanQjzgAAAAJ (860 citations, August 26, 2025)

Dr. Islam ZADA

• Education: PhD in software engineering, Department of Computer Science, University of Peshawar (ranked 901st–950th, QS), Pakistan

• Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Software Engineering, International Islamic University Islamabad (ranked 801st–1,000th, THE), Pakistan

• Review Areas: sustainability, data analytics, artificial intelligence in business

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Ztcq8g8AAAAJ (313 citations, July 22, 2025)

Dr. Nurul Mohammad ZAYED

• Education: PhD in management (international finance/economics), Techno India University, India

• Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, Daffodil International University (ranked 801st–1,000th, THE), Bangladesh

• Review Areas: consumer behavior, international business, hospitality, human resource management, entrepreneurship, sustainability, green finance

• Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=itPxj-MAAAAJ (2,448 citations, August 11, 2025)

Dr. Sotirios ZYGIARIS

• Education: PhD in innovation management, Lamar University, U.S.

• Affiliation: Dean, College of Business Administration, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (ranked 251st–300th, THE), Saudi Arabia

• Review Areas: digital marketing, smart cities, sustainability

• Publication: scholar.google.com/citations?user=n1S4sMsAAAAJ (1,750 citations, July 22, 2025)