Meet Our Talent Team
PhD. Jorge Luis Leon-Gonzalez
PhD in Educational Sciences from the “Conrado Benítez García” University of Pedagogical Sciences, Cuba. He is a scientific editor, researcher, and consultant specializing in scholarly communication, academic publishing, editorial management, scientific journal evaluation, and open science.
He has extensive experience leading and strengthening academic publishing initiatives. From 2013 to 2022, he served as Director of Universo Sur University Press at the “Carlos Rafael Rodríguez” University of Cienfuegos, Cuba, where he led the professionalization of editorial processes, strengthened the institution’s scientific publishing activities, and promoted the internationalization of university publications.
He is the author and co-author of books, book chapters, and scientific articles published in indexed academic journals. His primary areas of expertise include educational sciences, scholarly communication, editorial management, scientific journal evaluation, and researcher development.
He has served and continues to serve on editorial boards, scientific committees, and international peer-review panels for academic journals in Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru that are indexed in major scholarly databases and evaluation systems, including LATINDEX, DOAJ, SciELO, Redalyc, the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) of Web of Science, and Scopus.
He has also collaborated as a consultant with the SciELO Ecuador Network, participating in the evaluation of scientific journals applying for inclusion in the national collection, as well as in activities related to editorial quality assurance and scientific publishing standards.
He currently serves as Editorial Director of Editorial UMET at the Metropolitan University of Ecuador, where he oversees the editorial management of scientific books and academic journals.
He is a visiting professor at universities in Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, where he has delivered keynote lectures, seminars, diploma programs, and master’s and doctoral-level courses on research methodology, scientific writing, scholarly publishing, scientific editing, research ethics, and knowledge dissemination.
In addition, he has led professional training programs for researchers, faculty members, editors, and editorial teams, contributing to the development of competencies in scientific writing, peer review, editorial management, and the internationalization of academic publications.
He is currently the Founder, Owner, and Editorial Director of Sophia Editions, an international academic publishing house headquartered in Tampa, Florida, United States, specializing in the publication of scholarly books and an open-access peer-reviewed journal. Through this publishing house, he promotes initiatives aimed at advancing open science, fostering the internationalization of scientific research, increasing the visibility of scholarly knowledge, and strengthening collaborative networks among researchers and higher education institutions.
Yunisley Diaz Bruno
Graphic Designer graduated with a degree in Information Design from the Instituto Superior de Diseño (ISDi), Havana, Cuba. She has 11 years of experience as a designer. She was the lead designer at Universo Sur Publishing House, at the University of Cienfuegos, Cuba. She is currently a designer at Sophia Editions, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Editorial Board
PhD. Juan Gabriel Rivera-Ortiz, Ana G. Mendez University, United States
PhD. Armanda Matos, University of Coimbra, Portugal
PhD. Domingo Antonio Lilon-Larrauri, University of Pécs, Hungary
PhD. Frida Diaz-Barriga Arceo, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
PhD. Lok Raj Sharma, Makawanpur Multiple Campus, Nepal
PhD. Pamela Marcone-Dapelo, Playa Ancha University, Chile
PhD. Sebastien Quenot, University of Corsica, France
PhD. Rafael Ravina-Ripoll, University of Cadiz, Spain
PhD. Karen Pesantes-Aldana, Antenor Orrego Private University, Peru
PhD. Pablo Paramo-Bernal, National Pedagogical University, Colombia
PhD. Eduardo Somarribas-Chavez, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center, Costa Rica
PhD. Lazaro Pino-Rivero, Lone Star College, United States
PhD. Anurag Hazarika, Global Interfaith University, United States
PhD. Setyamartana Parman, College of Aerospace Technology, Indonesia
PhD. Vicenç Font-Moll, University of Barcelona, Spain
PhD. Ricardo Rivero-Ortega, University of Salamanca, Spain
PhD. Maria Elena Estrada-Martinez, Palms Day School, United States
PhD. Annette Lourdes Padilla-Gomez, Institute of Education of Aguascalientes, Mexico
PhD. Jose Fernando Escobedo-Galvez, Senor de Sipan University, Peru
PhD. Ahmed G. Hegazy, National Research Centre, Egypt
PhD. Lilibeth Portillo-Rumbo, Autonomous University of Tlaxcala, Mexico
PhD. Ana Maria Tellez-Lopez, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Mexico
PhD. Alexandra Veronica Parra-Cardenas, Armed Forces University ESPE, Ecuador
PhD. Faisal A. Alnaser, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
PhD. Berlan Rodriguez-Perez, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru
PhD. Jose Alberto Rivera-Costales, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
PhD. Claudia Wasserman, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
PhD. Enrique Rafael Farfan-Heredia, Autonomous University of Carmen, Mexico
PhD. Lali Viviana Cedeno-Sanchez, University of Guayaquil, Ecuador
PhD. Odette Martinez-Perez, Bolivarian University of Ecuador, Ecuador
PhD. Moacir Gadotti, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
PhD. Cesar Augusto Bernal-Torres, University of La Sabana, Colombia
PhD. Lazaro Jesus Ojeda-Quintana, URBE University, United States
PhD. Angel Deroncele-Acosta, San Ignacio de Loyola University, Peru
PhD. Rafael Gutierrez-Nunez, Granma University of Medical Sciences, Cuba
PhD. Alfredo Nore Saluanja-Muacachila, University of Namibe, Angola
PhD. Ronald Antonio Prieto-Pulido, Simon Bolivar University, Colombia
PhD. Nurian Yamileth Luna-Lainez de Quintanilla, Gerardo Barrios University, El Salvador
PhD. Lina Maria Cano-Vasquez, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Colombia
PhD. Jaroslaw Korpysa, University of Szczecin, Poland
PhD. Silvia Finocchio, National University of La Plata, Argentina
PhD. Pablo Perez-Navarro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
PhD. Oscar Jose Alejo-Machado, Higher Technological Institute for Scientific Research and Innovation, Ecuador
PhD. Juan Diaz-Godino, University of Granada, Spain
PhD. Thiago Duarte-Pimentel, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
PhD. Guadalupe Velazquez-Vazquez, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
PhD. Lillian Rocio Pintado-Sosa, Ana G. Mendez University, Puerto Rico
PhD. Alexandru Manole, ARTIFEX University, Romania
PhD. Alina Borysova, Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, Ukraine
PhD. Irina Sokolova, Don State Technical University, Russia
PhD. Nadezhda Fedko, Rostov State Transport University, Russia
PhD. Samikshya Madhukullya, Global Interfaith University, United States
PhD. Roberto Maurice Robert, 21st Century Open University, Wyoming, United States