Quest You have not answered the question on what the composition of the editorial board has to do with the quality of peer review Three different editors have told you now that the editorial board does not carry out peer review itself and that the actual editing work of a journal is carried out by the EIC and the AEs Mentioning the editorial board either in whole or in part is offtopic in a paragraph about the controversy over peer review unless there are reliable sources that specifically state that there is a connection between the editorial board or any of its members and the controversy at hand There MAY be a whole other controversy pertaining to the composition of the editorial board but without reliable sources it would be OR and SYNTH to link that to the controversy over peer review That would need to be treated in another section