The Working Guide to Editorial Systems is supported by a small core of experienced editors, scholars, and publishing leaders who currently serve — or have recently served — in editorial leadership roles across a wide range of nursing and health-related journals. Contributors bring extensive expertise in peer review, editorial decision-making, scholarly communication, publishing ethics, journal operations, and research dissemination. Collectively, they represent decades of experience working within diverse editorial and publishing environments and share a commitment to thoughtful, ethical, and sustainable scholarly communication.