From the Editor

Dear Readers, It is my great privilege to welcome you to this new issue of the Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences (JIOS) as its newly appointed Editor-in-Chief. As a full professor at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics, I am honored to take the helm of this esteemed journal and guide it through its next phase of growth and development. To support this vision, we have refreshed the Editorial Board, bringing together accomplished scholars committed to enhancing the journal’s quality and impact. This issue also marks the debut of JIOS’s new visual identity, symbolizing our renewed dedication to innovation, clarity, and accessibility. Beyond aesthetics, we are introducing significant operational improvements, focusing on reducing manuscript review times while maintaining our rigorous academic standards. These efforts aim to attract and publish high-quality research across the diverse domains JIOS covers. Our commitment to open access remains a cornerstone of our mission. JIOS continues to be an inclusive platform that ensures all published work is freely accessible to readers worldwide, with no fees for authors. We firmly believe in the power of knowledge sharing without financial barriers. This issue features a diverse and impactful collection of articles addressing cutting-edge topics. Those involve advanced predictive models for public health and financial markets, innovative machine learning and natural language processing approaches for sentiment analysis and cybersecurity, and algorithmic methods for modeling online information diffusion. They also explore organizational factors such as culture, trust, and HR practices that influence technology adoption, sustainability, innovation, and task performance in workplace environments. Additionally, this issue highlights trends in educational management and blended learning, offering scientometric insights into this evolving field. Together, these studies contribute to advancements in information systems, organizational sciences, and applied machine learning. We hope you find these contributions both insightful and inspiring. Thank you for your continued interest in JIOS, and we look forward to your engagement as readers, authors, and reviewers. Together, we can advance knowledge and make meaningful contributions to our fields. Sincerely, Prof. Igor Balaban, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences