Information Research

Vol. 31 No. 1 2026

A Word of Thanks to Our Peer Reviewers

Crystal Fulton and Wout Dillen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47989/ir31164370

The editors of Information Research would like to offer a special word of thanks to all the people who have volunteered their time to peer review the articles in this issue. Their invaluable efforts directly contribute to the high quality standards our Journal aims to uphold.

In 2025, Information Research was able to count on the joint efforts of 171 reviewers, from a total of 47 countries worldwide (see map below). Many of these reviewers have conducted multiple reviews in 2025; in some cases up to 6 reviews.

Figure 1. Global distribution of unique reviewers for Information Research in 2025.

Our list of reviewers for 2025 includes, in no particular order: ¹

• Subaveerapandiyan A, Bennett University (India)

• Dr. Lovish Sharma, Chitkara School of Pharmacy, Himachal Pradesh (India)

• Rany Sam, National University of Battambang (Cambodia)

• Ivana Matijević, National and University Library in Zagreb (Croatia)

• Dr. Anna Lundh, The Swedish School of Library and Information Science (Sweden)

• Prof. Małgorzata Kisilowska-Szurmińska, University of Warsaw (Poland)

• Andreas Vlachidis, UCL, Department of Information Studies (UK)

• Ian Ruthven, University of Strathclyde (Scotland, UK)

• Yi-Shuai Xu, University of Malaya (Malaysia)

• Prof. Dr. Patricio Ramírez Correa, Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile)

• Mikael Gunnarsson, Swedish School of Library and Information Science (Sweden)

• Nuno Miguel Teixeira Sousa, Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)

• Prof. Dr. Ali Sarıdaş, Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital (Turkey)

• Dr. Ngozi Immaculata Ike, University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Umuagwo, Imo State (Nigeria)

• Dietmar Wolfram, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA)

• Dr. Elina Late, Tampere University (Finland)

• Rui Bruno Santos, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal)

• Alejandra Manco, Lyon 1, ELICO (France)

• Norma Fötsch, PhD candidate, Radboud University (The Netherlands)

• Prof. Thomas D. Wilson, University of Borås and University of Sheffield (Sweden and UK)

• Vladimir M. Moskovkin, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Independent Researcher Vimperk (Czech Republic)

• Dr. Philips Ayeni, Lakehead University (Canada)

• Rajendra Gautam Jaishi, Pokhara University (Nepal)

• Dr. Björn Ekström, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås (Sweden)

• Prof. Paulette Rothbauer, Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Western University (Canada)

• Dr. Emily Vardell, Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management (USA)

• Dr. Sarah Beth Nelson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (USA)

• Prof. Arūnas Gudinavičius, Vilnius University (Lithuania)

• Dr. Claes Dahlqvist, Library and Information Science, Linnaeus University (Sweden)

• Gabriel J. Gardner, CSU Long Beach (USA)

• Stefan Dreisiebner, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (Austria)

• Julia Pennlert, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås (Sweden)

• Prof. Elizabeth Brookbank, Western Oregon University (USA)

• Ts. Dr. Khairul Hafezad Abdullah, Universiti Utara Malaysia (Malaysia)

• Bartłomiej Włodarczyk, Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies, University of Warsaw (Poland)

• Professor Gillian Oliver, Monash University (Australia)

• Dr. Leszek Szafrański, Jagiellonian University, Jagiellonian Library (Poland)

• Prof. Heather O'Brien, School of Information, University of British Columbia (Canada)

• Prof. Lin Wang, Hangzhou Dianzi University (China)

• Prof. Xuefeng Zhang, Anhui Polytechnic University (China)

• Dr. Ugonna B. Fidelugwuowo, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (Nigeria)

• Lu An, Wuhan University (China)

• Ebubechukwu E. Uba, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA)

• Nafiz Zaman Shuva, Queens College, City University of New York (USA)

• Dr. Eddy Yusuf, Universitas Ciputra (Indonesia)

• Joann Cattlin, RMIT University (Australia)

• Isto Huvila, Uppsala University (Sweden)

• Ronald Rousseau, KU Leuven and University of Antwerp (Belgium)

• Prof. em. Reijo Savolainen, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University (Finland)

• Philippe Mongeon, Dalhousie University (Canada)

• Assist. Prof. Jiarui Sun, Simmons University (USA)

• Dr. Jenny Bronstein, Department of Information Science and Applied Artificial Intelligence, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)

• Lucía Hernández-Heras, Faculty of Education, University of Zaragoza (Spain)

• Assoc. Prof. Hend Abd El Halim Hafez, Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, College of Management and Technology (Egypt)

• Dr. Bruce Martin Ryan, Edinburgh Napier University (UK)

• Dr. Philip Gana Malgwi, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State (Nigeria)

• Jiaxin An, University of Texas at Austin (United States)

• Dr. Amanda Cossham, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (New Zealand)

• Hamed Ahmadinia, University of Turku (Finland)

• Ms. Sidi Cheng, Virginia Commonwealth University (USA)

• Hana Whaanga, ALIANZA Aotearoa (New Zealand)

• Sarah Welland, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (New Zealand)

• Dr. Eric Boamah, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (New Zealand)

• Dr. Romany Manuell, Charles Sturt University and Australian Council for Educational Research (Australia)

• Assoc. Prof. HUANG Tiyang, School of History and Archives, Yunnan University (China)

• Yuyan Jiang, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

• Dr. Aira Huttunen, University of Oulu, Finland

• Marco Schirone, University of Borås and Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)

• Björn Hammmarfelt, University of Borås (Sweden)

• Assoc. Prof. Jette Seiden Hyldegård, The University of Copenhagen (Denmark)

• Dr. Marta Bustillo, University College Dublin (Ireland)

• Assoc. Prof. Gustaf Nelhans, Swedish School of Library and Information Science (Sweden)

• Jess Hagman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA)

• Dr. Bhakti Gala, Central University of Gujarat (India)

• Dr. Peter Cruickshank, Retired (Scotland, UK)

• Dr. Wei Fang, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, Beijing Information Science & Technology University (China)

• Prof. Heidi Julien, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (USA)

• Ian Haydock, Retired, UK

• Dr, Rachel E. Scott, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA)

• Nils Pharo, Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway)

• Dr. Mayukh Bagchi University of Trento and IGDORE (Italy and Sweden)

• Heidi Enwald, Information Studies, University of Oulu (Finland)

• Dr. Minnu Helen Joseph, Lappeenranta University of Technology (Finland )

• Abdelghani Maddi, CNRS –Sorbonne University (France)

• Idris Babalola, Department of Health and Social Care London (UK)

• Assoc. Prof. Annie T. Chen, University of Washington (United States)

• Fathey Mohammed, Sunway University (Malaysia)

• Dr. Steffen Lemke, Kiel University (CAU) (Germany)

• Paulina Bressel, German Cancer Society e.V. (Germany)

• Assoc. Prof. Marit Kristine, Ådland Inst. ABI, Oslomet (Norway)

• Tagel Aboneh Weldu, College of Electrical Egineeering and Computing, Center of Excellence for Electrical system and Electronics, Adama Science and Technology University (Ethiopia)

• Dr. Julián Villodre, Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Spain)

• Seaam Bin Masud, Wilmington University (USA)

• Prof. em. Ina Fourie (South Africa)

• Isabelle Dorsch, Groupe d’Étude des Méthodes de l’Analyse Sociologique de la Sorbonne, GEMASS, Sorbonne Université, CNRS (France)

• Prof. Jela Steinerová, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Department of Library and Information Science (Slovak Republic)

• Dr. Martin Gameli Akakpo, University of Health and Allied Sciences (Ghana)

• Prof. Nanci Oddone, Graduate Program in Librarianship/Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

• Spyros Kolyvas, PhD candidate, Ionian university (Greece)

• Dr. Francisco Javier Martinez Mendez, University of Murcia (Spain)

• Brady D. Lund, University of North Texas (USA)

• Prof. Md Anwarul Islam (Bangladesh)

• Prof. Wendy Margaret Duff, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, (Canada)

• Eduardo Ruedell, Federal University of Santa Maria, Capes Foundation Research Fellow (Brazil)

• Prof. Luanne SInnamon, School of Information, University of British Columbia (Canada)

• Dawit Demissie, Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business (USA)

• Dr. Alison Day Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka (New Zealand)

• Prof. Dr. María Luisa Alvite Díez, Department of Library and Information Science, University of León (Spain)

• Prof. Monika Krakowska, Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland)

• Dr Hilary Yerbury, Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney (Australia)

• Prof. Elena Maceviciute, University of Borås, Vilnius University (Sweden and Lithuania)

• Assist. Prof. Dr. Stefanie Havelka, School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin (Ireland)

• Prof. Sirje Virkus, Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies, professor of information science (Estonia)

• Cai Qiang Guo, Tianjin University of Commerce (China)

• Mahsa Torabi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Information Science at Semnan University (Iran)

• Cristina Rius, Universitat de València (Spain)

• Dr. Sukwon Lee, Chungnam National University, (South Korea)

• Peng XIAO, School of Information Management, Sun Yat-sen University (China)

• Gretchen R. Stahlman, Florida State University School of Information, (USA)

• Julio C. Aguila Sánchez, Autonomous University of Yucatan (Mexico)

• JungWon Yoon, Department of Library and Information Science, Jeonbuk National University (South Korea)

• Guijie Zhang, Shandong University of Finance and Economics (China)

• Hoda Homavandi, Independent researcher (Iran)

• EunKyung Chung, Ewha Womans University (South Korea)

• Dr. Rabia, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan)

• Prof. Trond Aalberg OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway)

• Ms. Jayshree Mamtora, Manager Scholarly Communications (Australia)

• Prof. Dr. Martha Sabelli, Facultad de Información y Comunicación, Universidad de la República (Uruguay)

• Sei-Ching Joanna Sin, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

• Claudia Garduño García, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico)

• Prof. Dr. Clayton Martins Pereira, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Philosophy and Sciences, Marília (Brazil)

• Assoc. Prof. Sirous Panahi, Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, University of Medical Sciences (Iran)

• Rejina Manandhar, Arkansas Tech University (USA)

• Assoc. Prof. Md Arman Hossain, University of Rajshahi (Bangladesh)

• Dr. Abhay Maurya, Lovely Professional University (India)

• Assoc. Prof. Jeppe Nicolaisen, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)

• Olawale Kazeem IYINOLAKAN, Conestoga College (Canada)

• Dr. David Gunnarsson Lorentzen, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås (Sweden)

• Omorodion Okuonghae, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA)

• Lisa Hussey, Simmons University School of Library and Information Science (USA)

• Prof. Kristina Eriksson-Backa, Åbo Akademi University (Finland)