New pan-African open access journal: Scientific African: The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Next Einstein Forum and Elsevier launch a megajournal to boost African research and collaboration

ab1630's bookmarks 2018-03-29

Summary:

"For researchers, the journal article is at the heart of the scientific enterprise; they share their findings through articles, which can help them find collaborators and raise their profile so they can build on their work. Researchers solve pressing problems, in large part, via the medium of the scientific article. But publishing an article in a scientific journal is a daunting task. The journey from outlining an experiment, to obtaining a result, to writing and submitting an article can take years. And at the end of this process, there’s no guarantee that a researcher’s article will cross the final hurdle —finding publication in a reputable scientific journal. This journey can be especially challenging for researchers in Africa, whose contributions to the scientific conversation have often been overlooked and whose development has been hampered by a scientific publishing ecosystem that hasn’t always addressed their needs. Together, the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) and Elsevier are bringing state-of-the-art technology and processes to bear on this challenge, creating a modern open access megajournal to accelerate capacity-building efforts across Africa...."

Link:

https://www.elsevier.com/connect/new-pan-african-open-access-journal-scientific-africa

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oa.new oa.gold oa.africa oa.elsevier oa.megajournals oa.open_science oa.stem oa.mathematics oa.journals oa.south

Date tagged:

03/29/2018, 16:59

Date published:

03/29/2018, 12:59