Serpa, SandroSá, Maria JoséSantos, Ana IsabelFerreira, Carlos Miguel2020-07-072020-07-072020-05-102281-3993PURE: 18624890PURE UUID: c325d2ff-c461-4c56-a3da-cd9a8340083bScopus: 85085047372http://hdl.handle.net/10362/100483UIDB/04647/2020 UIDP/04647/2020The academic editor has been, and still is, the gatekeeper of peer-reviewed scientific publications, by being whom, ultimately, defines whether or not a manuscript can be published. At a time of profound transformation in the context of scientific publication (digital publishing, open access, preprint, open peer review,...) and the expectations, inside and outside academia, towards academic publication, this perspective paper aims to add to the discussion of the (re)formulation of the academic editor's role, considering that he or she, in this panoply of changes, continues, and will continue to be, the ultimate guardian of the scientific quality of what is published.5173283engAcademic editorScholarly communicationScholarly publicationScientific publicationBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Environmental Science (miscellaneous)General Social SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)journal article10.36941/ajis-2020-0037https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85085047372