Ionel Bostan, Ph.D., is a professor at the “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Department of Law and Public Administration, and is a Ph.D. supervisor in economics. His main areas of interest are financial law and international business. He is the author and co-author of more than 70 articles published in international scientific journals indexed in the Web of Science. He is also the author or co-author of about 9 books as well as teaching and learning materials for students. He was awarded for the results of his scientific research (12 awards for articles/Red Area and Yellow Area ISI/WoS/Clarivate Analytics) by the Ministry of Education/UEFISCDI, PNCDI 2013-2020. Motivation: “To increase the quality, impact and international visibility of Romanian research by recognizing and rewarding the significant results published in the prestige of the main international scientific flow”. He is a corresponding member of the American Romanian Academy and Doctor Honoris Causa of the Academy of Economic Studies (Republic of Moldova) (ORCID: 0000-0002-7653-7192).