Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani, PhD in Quantum Finance and Postdoctoral Researcher in Open Science at the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil, stands as a distinguished voice in the global chorus of Open Science and the ethics of scholarly communication. Honoured with the Web of Science ScholarOne Vision Award (2015), he presently serves as Professor and Director of Postgraduate Studies and Research at ILMA University. He occupies eminent international roles, including Crossref Ambassador, ALMASI Ambassador for Diamond Open Access, DOAJ Group Editor, and Lead for Creative Commons Pakistan. His tenure as Director within FORCE11 and as a DOAJ Ambassador has left a discernible imprint upon the advancement of open access publishing across the region. Dr. Subhani also serves as an advisor to UNESCO and the World Bank, and contributes as an Editor at PLOS ONE. With over a hundred publications and fourteen international research grants, his scholarly footprint is both vast and enduring. He leads ORCID and DataCite outreach initiatives (2025–2026).