CCSE (The Canadian Center of Science and Education) Publishing Statistics 2020Q3 Released

 CCSE (The Canadian Center of Science and Education) Publishing Statistics 2020Q3 Released. Please find at http://www.ccsenet.org/home/index.php/news/post/id/22

CCSE-RES, Vol. 12, No. 4, December 2020: Call for Papers

 

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Review of European Studies (CCSE) is now calling for papers for Vol. 12, No. 4 December 2020 issue. (Submission Deadline: November 5, 2020). If you are interested in submitting a manuscript to this journal, please review the About the Journal page for the journal’s section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines to see how to submit a manuscript to CCSE journals. For questions, please contact: res@ccsenet.org.

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CCSE-RES, Vol. 12, No. 3, September 2020: Call for Papers

Review of European Studies is now calling for papers for Vol. 12, No. 3 September 2020 issue. (Submission Deadline: August 5, 2020). If you are interested in submitting a manuscript to this journal, please review the About the Journal page for the journal’s section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines to see how to submit a manuscript to CCSE journals. For questions, please contact: res@ccsenet.org.
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CCSE: JMR, Vol. 12, No. 4, August 2020: Call for Papers

Journal of Mathematics Research (JMR) is seeking submissions for Vol. 12, No. 4, August 2020 issue. Submission deadline: July 5, 2020. Please view the journal's profile and submit your manuscripts online.

Authors are strongly encouraged to use the LaTeX style files to prepare their manuscript. You may submit your manuscript in the format of PDF or MS-Word to be reviewed, but if the paper is accepted to be published, you are required to provide the LaTeX source files or MS-Word.

We also would like to cooperate with other institutions to publish special issues.

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CCSE: JMR, Vol. 12, No. 3, June 2020: Call for Papers

Journal of Mathematics Research (ISSN: 1916-9795;  E-ISSN: 1916-9809) (http://jmr.ccsenet.org ) is an open-access, international, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education. This journal, published bimonthly (February, April, June, August, October and December) in both print and online versions, keeps readers up-to-date with the latest developments in all aspects of mathematics.

Journal of Mathematics Research (JMR) is seeking submissions for Vol. 12, No. 3, June 2020 issue. Submission deadline: May 5, 2020. Please view the journal’s profile and submit your manuscripts online.

Authors are strongly encouraged to use the LaTeX style files to prepare their manuscript. You may submit your manuscript in the format of PDF or MS-Word to be reviewed, but if the paper is accepted to be published, you are required to provide the LaTeX source files or MS-Word.

We also would like to cooperate with other institutions to publish special issues.
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We are also recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jmr/editor/recruitment and e-mail the completed application form to jmr@ccsenet.org.
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CCSE (The Canadian Center of Science and Education) Publishing Statistics 2019 Released

CCSE (The Canadian Center of Science and Education) Publishing Statistics 2019 Released

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The Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) is a private for-profit organization delivering support and services to educators and researchers in Canada and around the world.
The Canadian Center of Science and Education was established in 2006. In partnership with research institutions, community organizations, enterprises, and foundations, CCSE provides a variety of programs to support and promote education and research development, including educational programs for students, financial support for researchers, international education projects, and scientific publications.
CCSE publishes scholarly journals in a wide range of academic fields, including the social sciences, the humanities, the natural sciences, the biological and medical sciences, education, economics, and management. These journals deliver original, peer-reviewed research from international scholars to a worldwide audience. All our journals are available in electronic form in conjunction with their print editions. All journals are available for free download online.

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The Size of the Open Access Market

The crowd and stage at Woodstock, 1969. Image via Derek Redmond and Paul Campbell. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
Usually discussion of open access (OA) has a utopian cast. It begins with the benefits to researchers and rapidly moves on from there–because it is a foundational premise that what is good for the research community is good for everybody. Expanded access will serve to cure horrible diseases, the science behind new technologies will cool a warming planet, and insights into people and power will make a veritable Woodstock out of the Middle East. Resistance, as the Borg say, is futile, but also immoral:  Who, after all, wants to stand between a parent and an afflicted child?
It is thus refreshing to see an examination of OA publishing that is sober and descriptive, one that examines how OA has been brought within the economy at large. This is what we have with Simba Information’s recent report, “Open Access Journal Publishing 2014-2017.” This is a clear-headed analysis of the business of OA, and it manages to survey the landscape without taking the idealists outside to shoot them. This is not the first Simba report I have had occasion to comment on here at the Kitchen. I was first attracted to them because I know the lead author, Eric Newman, who is a certifiably smart guy.  The report is a snapshot of OA (some of the story will be well known to Kitchen readers), its background, practices, and prospects. I will be curious to see if any OA advocates find anything in it that is wrong or unfairly presented. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
Before we dip into the numbers, let’s acknowledge that research publishing, whether OA or of the traditional variety, captures value that is not always easy to count. While we can look at the public filings of the Public Library of Science and learn how much money is coming in, it’s harder to assess the economics of a journal that is hosted by an academic library, harder still to evaluate the economics of the parallel world of publishing that is Green OA. The full economy of OA, in other words, is still partly hidden. We can only count what we can see. I expect, though, that when all the numbers are ultimately revealed, we will find more hidden costs than hidden revenues. It also appears likely that what surplus or profit to be made from this form of publishing will fall to those who are already in the field or plan to enter it soon. OA, in other words, is beginning to mature and is thus subject to the same economic principles of any maturing business, including a tendency toward consolidation. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
Simba notes that the primary form of monetization for OA journals is the article processing charge or APC. In 2013 these fees came to about $242.2 million out of a total STM journals market of $10.5 billion. I thought that latter figure was a bit high, and I’m never sure when people are quoting figures for STM alone or for all journals; but even so, if the number for the total market is high, it’s not far off.  That means that OA is approximately 2.3% of the total journals market (or is that just STM . . . ?).  That’s a big or small number depending on where you started from. With my personal bias in favor of new things, I see it as a huge number. Building a start-up is simply harder than running established companies. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry Page:  these fellows truly earned their money, but as for the chieftains sitting atop the large incumbents, it must be said that it is far easier to go from $1 billion to $2 billion than to go from zero to $10 million. The cumulative achievement of the OA publishers is an astonishing success story. Yes, you heard that on the Scholarly Kitchen, which some believe has a problem with OA publishing.
Simba sees OA rising to $440 million by 2017, which sounds reasonable. That would make OA 3.9% of the total market. That is neither a big number nor a negligible one. The more important point to make, which cannot be stressed enough, is that while traditional publishing continues to grow modestly, the OA portion of the market is growing much faster. Any publisher working in the research area would be remiss if they did not develop a strategy to tap into these growing sums. And of course just about all of them are. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
The most interesting part of the Simba report to me is a table that lists the ten largest OA publishers by revenue. Springer, including its BioMed Central unit, is number one. PLOS is number two. By my count, two or three of the top ten are not-for-profit organizations. In other words, the revolutionary ardor that was supposed to come from the not-for-profit sector, where we fight for science for the sake of science, has run into the hard truth that commercial operators are good at what they do and know how to exploit an opportunity when they see one. And has there ever been a clearer opportunity than to rake in the APCs from funding agencies, which seem not to realize what it means to attach dollars to mandates that live outside the realm of end-user demand? The core proposition is that governments and funding organizations such as the Wellcome Trust are willing to pay for what librarians will not. You couldn’t make this up.
As I read through this report, with its many nuanced positions, including the implications of running out of research to publish, I was struck by the astonishing foresight and entrepreneurial genius of Vitek Tracz, who founded BioMed Central and got the whole ball rolling. Also dazzling in its performance is the not-for-profit PLOS, which not only navigated a tricky path through the marketplace, but also altered how we think about such things as the scope of a journal and the nature of peer review. I also began to wonder (I know I am not alone in this) if PLOS has pretty much played through its first inning and is going to have to pitch a different game going forward. There are several dozen organizations that are copying PLOS somewhat mechanically now, but will PLOS surprise everyone and launch an OA 2.0, which will enable them to sprint ahead of the prudent businesspeople who run the copycats? (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
I finished the Simba report just as Open Access Week drew to a close. The celebration had it right and had it wrong. OA has indeed established itself within the world of scholarly communications, though at 2.3% of the market, it is more of a toehold than a revolution. But the real story of OA is that as soon as someone found a way to make economic sense out of it, businesspeople jumped in and began to domesticate it for their own purposes. It is as though Thomas Paine were given a seat in the House of Lords. We will soon be looking back on Open Access Week as we do to Woodstock (I was there, by the way), with affection and nostalgia. As for where OA is headed, it’s just business. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )

 

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Why Are Publishers and Editors Wasting Time Formatting Citations?

by Todd A Carpenter
Actually, we have the citation. It’s the identifiers and the metadata we need. (Image via futureatlas.com https://www.flickr.com/people/87913776@N00). (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
Citations are foundational elements of scholarly publishing. They provide evidence of the reliance of current work on existing literature, background on how research strategies were developed, indication of the thoroughness of the work, and a summary of significant prior related art, as well as facilitating plagiarism detection. As an ancillary benefit, they also have created one metric against which past research is judged. The investment in ensuring references are accurate, complete, and the link (if one exists) to the referenced object is functioning is certainly a core publishing function.
However, all of these things have very little to do with how references are presented in citations, nor the importance of one style over another. Much of the focus on citation style is driven by domain tradition and adherence to one of the many dozens of style guides that exist in the scholarly publishing world. I certainly don’t intend to disparage any of the different manuals, nor their adherents in any field. What concerns me is the fact that there is so much time wasted in the production process of editing references to adhere to the house style, whatever that style may be. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
Anyone who has written a scholarly article, a book chapter, an entire book, or a bibliography understands the challenges of references. Recently, I submitted a book manuscript for a project that I am co-editing. One of the most tedious and painful aspects of pulling together the book was going through and editing the references. While I appreciate and acknowledge the importance of the references, the entirely manual process of checking and formatting the references was an incredible waste of time.
A scholarly reference at its most basic element is a string that provides readers with sufficient information to track back to the original source of the content being referenced. That information, of course, varies by the type of publication, the source document, and the complexity of the resource being referenced. There will always be a variety of citation styles based on the type of resource, but why do we need so many different styles for the same type of resource? (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
The consistent formatting of names, the placement of commas and periods, and the representation of all manner of data are all style issues that should be handled by automated style sheets drawing on linked metadata. Because we are focusing on a string of text, we are inefficiently producing citation content. and wasting effort on post-distribution processing. We are also not taking advantage of all the potential from machine-linking this information, a critical requirement as we move further into a linked data world. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
There have been many studies over the years of citations, their accuracy (just a few more and more), and the types of errors researchers are making. These errors can be serious or minor, with minor errors being the most common. Significant errors can be so bad that discovery of the cited work is impossible. Although the percentage (in the 5-20% range across several studies) is modest, it is still troubling..
Some of the research on citation errors showed inappropriate use or misuse of a referent’s conclusion. If the other identification and metadata errors in a citation are eliminated or reduced significantly in ways discussed below, editors or reviewers might redirect their time to confirming the appropriateness of the reference. This might be a better investment of editorial resources.
Many publishers and vendors who provide copyediting or publishing services have for some time done production transformations of references and validation. Unfortunately, the match rate of these post-production references against CrossRef and PubMed metadata is far short of perfect. This editorial process has been the focus of a lot of process development and programming over the years. There has also been research in how to use pattern matching for names and topics (and another), as well as how to algorithmically parse citations (and just a few more and more). (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
Rather than using text to identify digital resources, we should be taking advantage of the system of identifiers and metadata that exist to streamline the process of reference creation and validation. This would solve the problem at the root rather than after the fact. Instead of identifying people with just their names, we should be using ORCIDs or ISNIs to ensure disambiguation and machine-processability. Identifiers can also be used for institutions and publications. Nearly every article has (or at least should have) a persistent identifier such as a DOI. Publications have ISBNs or ISSNs. Sound and A/V formats use ISRC, ISAN, and ISMN identifiers. Special collections and archive materials have collection identifiers and accession numbers. Data sets are being tagged with DataCite DOIs, or ARKs. Even concepts and other digital materials can be identified with URIs. All of these identifiers should have associated metadata that describe what that object is, be it name, title, or description. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education ) (CCSE)
When authors are submitting references, why doesn’t the community simply send in a reference that is submitted like this:
<Author ID>, <Publication ID>, <Object Identifier>, <Publisher identifier>, <Date (of publication/access)>, and specific location (such as page number, etc), if necessary.
Each of these elements, aside from date and specific item location should be represented by unique persistent identifiers. References should not be strings of text that describe the referenced content. In our increasingly digital and machine-intermediated world, the production departments can pull in related metadata using an automated process to retrieve the data and format it in any way the publication’s editors would prefer. Any outliers can be dealt with in traditional ways. (CCSE)
While such a change requires buy-in from the community for broad adoption, providing citation data in these structured ways would actually be easier for authors to do than to correctly gather and format all of the information in references the way they are doing so now. A large number of authors are already doing something similar by using reference managers like Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks or some similar service. All of these services use structured metadata to transform easily from one style to another. Rather than taking that structured data, converting it to text streams, then having editorial services return it back to structured data, publishers should ask for that data and plug it into an automated formatting process. (CCSE)
Making all (or at least most) of the elements of references machine-readable through persistent identifiers will remove through unambiguous reference the errors and confusion about the identity of the author, or publication or whatever is being identified. A greater range of metrics and analytics are possible through machine-processable references. Some of this is already being done by organizations that process references for analytics, such as Thomson-Reuters. Who can say what metrics or services might be possible if all the material were generally available? Additionally, citations can be scanned for appropriate or correct quote attribution. Presently, CrossRef partners to provide a service for plagiarism detection, mediated through the CrossCheck metadata, but there are others. A more robust system might follow with new and different types of providers. (CCSE)
One might respond that the scholarly community has successfully implemented the DOI system and DOIs are regularly included in references, so isn’t that sufficient? In some ways yes, the inclusion of DOIs does address part of the challenge. DOIs do create the functional tie to the metadata regarding the referenced item. However, they do not form the basis for how most references are constructed or formatted or allow the parsing of the reference. Also, DOIs provide an indirect link to information rather than a direct link to, for example, the author’s ORCID profile. This lack of direct connections creates a barrier to simple analytics and information mapping. This is certainly not an insurmountable issue, based on the robust infrastructure that CrossRef provides, but traversing this linked data web directly rather than via the CrossRef metadata also simplifies the collection of metrics for assessment purposes. Relying on DOI metadata also lacks some of the real-time validation services and potential linked data extraction from a master identity record that would be associated with a persistent identifier for that entity, such as a person using ORCID, a book using ISBN, or an institution using an ISNI. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
PLOS hosted a hack day at their offices earlier this month in San Francisco on trying to find ways to improve the machine interoperability of citations. One idea is what PLOS is calling rich citations, essentially using linked metadata to provide richer citation information. PLOS Labs has developed an open source bot that can automatically collect rich citation information. While these might be interesting services, would they be necessary, if the power of identifiers instead of text were already built into the references? (CCSE)
To implement these suggestions would require a cultural shift in the current publication process. Authors will need to view much of their content not as narrative, but rather as structured information and data. Citations are a good place to start since much of this content has existing identifiers that can be assigned and used to replace the textual format with a structured one. Let’s leverage the existing systems and tools to redesign how we manage citations to stop wasting our time on reformatting and add the increased functionality that machine-processable structures can provide. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )

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Making a Case for Open Access

W. S. Gilbert’s illustration for “Now, Jurymen, hear my advice” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Trial by Jury”

Depending on the audience, the case for open access (OA) varies. Opponents of intellectual property, for example, may favor OA simply on principle. To a researcher you might argue for a broader dissemination of his or her own work. A funding agency may accept the dissemination premise as well and tie it to an exercise in branding, where each published OA article becomes an ambassador for the sponsor of the research. A librarian may be persuaded on the basis of cost (the money that does not have to be spent on OA material can be used elsewhere), and an established publisher may see the Gold variety simply as an additive revenue stream. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
I don’t intend to navigate through the merits of any of these arguments here; from my point of view, OA is a fact, not a philosophy. What has caught my attention is how often I am asked to justify a recommendation that a professional society look into the creation of an OA service. In my experience (which I do not pretend to be comprehensive), OA is a tough sell. The officers of professional societies are often skeptical about the claims for OA and need to be persuaded that it is good for science and good for their own particular society. If you are going to try to make a case to a group of accomplished individuals whose stock in trade is to study all assertions with great care, you have to toss the abstractions out the window and bring some facts to bear on the situation. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
This exercise is made more difficult by the fact that no professional group speaks with a single voice. I have never run across a group that has no OA advocates; what differs from society to society is density–what proportion of the society members are in favor of OA–and the relative position of the advocates within the society’s power structure. Thus a large part of the challenge in introducing OA to a professional society is the need to “socialize” the recommendation–deliver it in a way that provides fodder for discussion but does not presume to impinge on the prerogatives of the practicing professionals. No two societies make decisions the same way; there is no way of predicting in advance the outcome of a board discussion or who will or will not speak up on a conference call. The case for any recommendation, whether about OA or anything else, is best made with a written document that creates context for discussion. PowerPoint won’t do it, as there is a need to work through all the options at some length. This document must be shared with the participants well in advance of a meeting. No one who creates such a document should expect to come through the deliberations of such a board unscathed. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
Contrary to popular belief (if the measure is the blogosphere and the runic declarations of various organizations active in or observers of scholarly communications), many scientists don’t know much about OA. In particular, they don’t know about the practical implications of the growing OA publishing ecosystem:  how many OA articles are published and where, and what does this mean or could come to mean for the society’s own publications? If these publications are continuing to see an increase in the number of submissions every year, as many of them are, OA is likely to seem peripheral. A rising tide is of little consequence if you are sailing on a sturdy ship. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
One particularly useful exercise is to suggest that the society review and catalog all the OA articles published in the past year that are relevant to the society’s discipline. This is a tall order, of course, as the number of OA articles is very large and defining relevance is not without ambiguity, but a useful way to begin is simply to analyze the publications of PLOS ONE, whose sheer size provides a healthy sample (depending on discipline, of course). Many societies are surprised to discover how many articles have appeared in PLOS ONE that could have been published in the societies’ own journals, assuming they passed muster under peer review. It is not unusual for a society to “wake up” to OA when it realizes the sheer range of articles that their own editors never got to see.  Such an analysis could lead a society to change the editorial positioning of its own journals, to start a new journal, to create an OA service–or any and all of the above. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )
A more common exercise (I don’t know any journal that has not done this) is to study the journal’s own publications to see which articles are subject to OA mandates. Increasingly traditional journals are having their “Swiss cheese” moment, where some articles are mandated to be OA (perhaps with an embargo) and some are safely tucked behind a pay wall. But it is not enough to stop there by identifying the scope of the mandates. It’s useful to go back in time to some of the journal’s most-cited papers. When we consider the funding sources for these articles retrospectively, how many of these articles would now fall under an OA mandate? Not having an OA option (at a minimum, a hybrid OA policy) could mean that some of the finest scholarship will bypass the society’s publications and find a home elsewhere. This puts the journal’s reputation on the line, which grabs the attention of the society’s editors and officers very quickly.
The question I personally find most interesting is where a rejected paper eventually ends up. While we know that some authors become desperate and seek publication with publishers of dubious merit (whose exposure by Jeffrey Beall we all should be thankful for), most authors shop around until they find a suitable venue. That venue may not be as prestigious as the first one, but it also may be more appropriate in terms of its topic, something that only the journal’s editors can determine. Are these papers good papers? Good-enough papers? Good papers, but with the wrong editorial profile? Bad papers? Except for the truly bad papers, should there not be some publishing outlet for this work? And considering the time and expense a society puts into rejecting a paper, does it not seem practical to find a way to monetize the sunk editorial costs? Once a society begins to consider that publication is more than a question of good versus bad, accepted articles versus rejected articles, the case for an OA service appears to be more reasonable.
Discussions of OA policy rarely take place in the abstract. It’s common for the debate to arise when the society is facing marketplace challenges, the most common of which is declining institutional subscriptions, typically brought on when libraries opt for “big deal” packages from the largest publishers, leaving small society publishers to pick up the crumbs. This is more than a financial matter, though the money can be significant, especially for a society that uses the surplus from its publishing program to underwrite other activities. The real risk is that declining subscriptions may mean that authors’ work cannot reliably be brought to the attention of other people working in the field who happen to be affiliated with an institution that no longer subscribes to the publication. It’s worth remembering that most research is conducted at a small number of institutions, which subscribe to the leading publications: researchers affiliated with these institutions receive little or no benefit from OA publishing. But if an institution cancels a subscription, then OA will begin to seem like a useful alternative. So a vicious cycle begins: cancelled subscriptions mean that some researchers no longer have access to the publications they need, which discourages them from submitting their work to those publications, which lowers the perceived editorial quality of the journal, which makes it easier to cancel the journal if the library budget is tight, which means that even fewer researchers have access to the content, which further discourages them from submitting papers to that journal, and so on. A journal in such a situation may be faced with the choice of partnering with a very large publisher or attempting to flip their publication to Gold OA as a means of preserving the journal’s independence.
What doesn’t work in these discussions is the invocation of the histrionics of OA advocacy. Of course the commercial publishers are greedy capitalists; of course there is an unnamed researcher in the developing world who wants to get access to research materials; of course it is simply unjust that taxpayers should fund research and not get to see the results at no additional cost; of course there are laypeople everywhere who wish to keep abreast of breaking scientific developments–of course. But the leaders of a professional society may not feel that the fight against the world economic order is within their writ or that finding a readership beyond the walls of the small number of institutions that create and consume the majority of research is of paramount importance to them. There is no point in whistling a tune if no one wants to dance. What is important is attracting the best researchers, the prestige of the society and its publications, and the economic viability of the society itself. Speak to these issues and OA gets on the agenda, and not as a Trojan horse but as a practical extension of the society’s activities. (The Canadian Center of Science and Education )

Policy Change of Free Print Journals of the Canadian Center of Science and Education

As you are aware, printing and delivery of journals results in causing a significant amount of detrimental impact to the environment. Being a responsible publisher and being considerate for the environment, we have decided to change the policy of offering free print journals for authors.
From July 1, 2018, we will not automatically provide authors free print journals (The Canadian Center of Science and Education). However, when authors really need free print copies, they are requested to kindly complete an application form to order printed copies. Once approved, we will arrange print and delivery, for a maximum of two copies per article. If authors require more than two copies, they are requested to order online at: store.ccsenet.org.
Additionally, we are happy to provide journal’s eBook in PDF format for authors, free of charge. The eBook is the same as the printed version, but it is completely environmentally friendly. Please contact the journal editor to request eBook of the journal’s issues.
We are committed to saving the planet for our future generations.
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The Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) publishes open access journals

Open access (OA) is a mechanism by which research outputs are distributed online, free of cost or other barriers, and, in its most precise meaning, with the addition of an open license that removes most restrictions on use and reuse.
The main focus of the open access movement is "peer reviewed research literature."Historically, this has centered mainly on print-based academic journals. Conventional (non-open access) journals cover publishing costs through access tolls such as subscriptions, site licenses or pay-per-view charges. Open access can be applied to all forms of published research output, including peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed academic journal articles, conference papers, theses, book chapters, and monographs.
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The Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) is an publisher which publishes open access journals. All journals are available for free download online.

Many journals of the Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) has been added to ERA 2018 Journal List

The ARC has released the ERA 2018 Journal List at https://www.arc.gov.au/excellence-research-australia/era-2018-journal-list. Many journals of the Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) has been added to this index.

Review of European Studies

International Journal of Statistics and Probability

International Business Research

Journal of Food Research

International Journal of Chemistry

Higher Education Studies

Asian Social Science

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CCSE (The Canadian Center of Science and Education) Publishing Statistics 2019Q1 Released

CCSE (The Canadian Center of Science and Education) Publishing Statistics 2019Q1 Released. Please find at http://www.ccsenet.org/

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The Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) (http://www.ccsenet.org/) is a private for-profit organization delivering support and services to educators and researchers in Canada and around the world.
The Canadian Center of Science and Education was established in 2006. In partnership with research institutions, community organizations, enterprises, and foundations, CCSE provides a variety of programs to support and promote education and research development, including educational programs for students, financial support for researchers, international education projects, and scientific publications.
CCSE publishes scholarly journals in a wide range of academic fields, including the social sciences, the humanities, the natural sciences, the biological and medical sciences, education, economics, and management. These journals deliver original, peer-reviewed research from international scholars to a worldwide audience. All our journals are available in electronic form in conjunction with their print editions. All journals are available for free download online.

Canadian Center of Science and Education Accepts Preprinted Articles for Its Journal

Introduction to Canadian Center Of Science And Education

Established in 2006, Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) is a for-profit, private publisher, which delivers unsurpassed support and services to researchers and educators in not only Canada but also all around the globe.

What Are Preprint Articles?

Publications, which need to be printed in a peer-reviewed journal, are required to undergo extensive reviewer critique, which often takes more than expected time. However, the problem with research-based articles is that they need to be circulated and distributed in the scientific community quickly. This led researchers around the world to distribute documents known as 'preprints' which are copies still waiting to undergo peer-review. However, when a scholar or researcher is being assessed for promotion or tenure, preprints are not weighed heavily unless it becomes the part of a peer-reviewed publication.

The US Department of energy, Office of Science and Technical Information defines preprints as, "a document in pre-publication status, particularly, an article submitted to a journal for publication." Today, when rapid transmission of researched knowledge is critical, the ability to submit preprints to a peer-reviewed journal grants immense leverage to researchers.

Publishers' Submission Policies Regarding the Use of Preprints Prior to Publication

It is widely known that the Canadian Center of Science and Education did not accept preprinted articles in the past. However, they revised this policy on March 1, 2014. The new policy explains that the CCSE will accept all submissions that have appeared on the preprint servers like arXiv, bioRxiv, Nature Precedings, Philica, Vixra, and the Social Science Research Network. According to the revised policy, the Canadian Center of Science and Education would also accept preprints, which have earlier been presented at a conference or have been published in other blogs or posters.

The Canadian Center of Science and Education also released a detailed document, which explains the submission guidelines in detail. http://web.ccsenet.org/images/stories/myfiles/PaperSubmissionGuide-CCSE.doc

Why Change The Policy?

All authors and researchers around the world wish to get their studies published in a reputable journal after a preprint, as this provides ample exposure. However, when an interview or evaluation is conducted regarding the candidate's promotion, the preprints are not considered important or relevant until they are published in a peer-reviewed journal. Considering this, the Canadian Center of Science and Education updated the policy to provide better services to the scholarly authors, readers, and the community.

Accepting preprint submissions gives the chance to researchers and authors to become the part of a well-known peer-reviewed journal and gives them ample leverage in the future while creating adequate exposure for their work.

These revisions in the policies, which earlier restricted preprint submissions, means that the Canadian Center of Science and Education has a strong sense of responsibility and it is a serious, rigorous publisher, which aims at providing authors the opportunity to highlight their research without any hassles.

Canadian Center for Science and Education - Calling For Authors to Share Work on their Own Website

The Canadian Center of Science and Education is committed to the promotion of knowledge and growth of the educational sector, not only in Canada, but around the world, publishing scholastic journals online, along with aiding research and development by promoting numerous programs in vast fields such as Biology, Humanities, natural sciences and business management.

Therefore, we encourage authors to publish scholarly journals on their own website, along with sharing their work on the Canadian Center for Science and Education's catalogue. With the incredible pace at which modern technology is advancing, it has become necessary for professionals to coordinate, in order to facilitate research in a particular field.

It is the obligation of every scholar to share their work with the rest of the world to support advancements in their field. By sharing your work with colleagues, you would be playing an essential role in forming the basis of their research. They could use your publications to learn more about a particular research project, building a foundation on which to base their thesis.

Not only will you be facilitating research in the field, you would also be gaining peer recognition through your published journals, earning the respect of other scholars in the field of study.By publishing your work on the Canadian Center for Science and Education's website, you will be holding the copyrights to the journal, along with the right to publish your work on any other website. You will be fully entitled to the work; the CCSE only holds the first publication rights to the journal. This is why the Canadian Center for Science and Education is the best place to share your work with the rest of the world. We believe in giving fair credit when it's due.

We visualize a world where professionals and scholars could access thousands of research and thesis documents with the comfort of their home. Through our online journalistic catalogue, that is now possible.

The Canadian Center for Science and Education takes it upon itself to maintain a strong code of ethics, along with a sense of responsibility to grant authors full credit for their work. It is our mission to make the access of information easier, acting as a forum for professionals from different continents to share their work with the rest of the world. We take pride in providing scholarships to excellent minds and students with exceptional performance around the world. Through our contributions in the educational sector, we aim to construct a future generation of leaders and great minds who can interact and share their findings with each other.

The Indexing of Journal of Plant Studies by CAB Abstracts

 The Canadian Center of Science and Education (Linkedin) is an organization that is devoted to assisting in creating research opportunities via funding initiatives across a wide range of subject areas. Many of the topics that the CCSE supports through its funding are scientific in nature, as there are always a great deal of research projects taking place in the scientific field—projects that have the potential to improve lives. Free online access to journals gives users an engaging experience and full text of research articles is also available as print edition. Researchers who would like to have their research project financed are also encouraged to contact the Canadian Center of Science and Education.

Journal of Plant Studies is published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education and featured content has played a key role in raising awareness on important topics such as plant anatomy and morphology, plant ecology, and plant physiology. The academic community can make use of the online journal format to make the most of their time. Print copies can also be ordered at CCSE website. 

CAB Abstracts has had significant impact on research. CAB Abstracts has become a leading source for abstracts for hundreds and thousands of full-text research journals, literature reviews, conference proceedings, reports and publications for the applied life sciences. The searchable database produced by CABI covers most subjects and allied disciplines in life sciences in the broadest sense. The rigorously collected records presently include more information than any other online database. Researchers can access well-known and less famous publications from over 116 countries in 50 different languages. Reviewed by experienced subject specialists, this database makes searching easier and is the 'number one search choice' for hundreds of the world's leading universities and research centers. 

Journal of Plant Studies generated widespread coverage in the CAB Abstracts database. Regular indexing of JPS articles in CAB Abstracts ensures knowledge transfer and provides a unique opportunity for the academic community to stay current in a constantly changing field. The database is easily searchable by topic and researchers and other interested professionals can advance their learning at their own pace. 

This affiliation of JPS and CAB database guarantees permanent archiving and professionals can focus on the content that matters most to them. It's never been easier to find specialty information or get familiar with landmark research and scientific breakthroughs. In addition to instant access to world-class research and accurate information, the indexing of Journal of Plant Studies by CAB Abstracts also makes it easy for the academic community to stay ahead.

CCSE are enthusiastic about public welfare undertaking, which is why they make sure that all reviewers are reliable. No reviewer is allowed to discuss a manuscript with anyone who hasn't already been authorized by the editor. This avoids any chance of plagiarism or disclosure of author's data.

The Indexing of Journal of Molecular Biology Research by CAB Abstracts

 The Canadian Center of Science and Education (LinkedIn) is dedicated to bringing the best information and research in a wide range of academic fields. The academic community can stay connected with the latest developments and scientific publications in social sciences, medical sciences, natural sciences, humanities, economics, education and management. Free online access to journals gives users an engaging experience and full text of research articles is also available as print edition. In addition to scientific publishing, CCSE also provides scholarships for educational institutions, students and researchers. Researchers who would like to have their research project financed are also encouraged to contact the Canadian Center of Science and Education. 

Journal of Molecular Biology Research (JMBR) 

Journal of Molecular Biology Research is an acknowledged leader in publishing the most important reviews, articles and research in molecular biology. The journal is published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education and featured content has played a key role in raising awareness on important topics such as genetics and macromolecular research methods. The academic community can make use of the online journal format to make the most of their time. Print copies can also be ordered at www.ccsenet.org/store so researchers and interested professionals can never miss an important feature or review. 

CAB Abstracts

CAB Abstracts has become a leading source for abstracts for hundreds and thousands of full-text research journals, literature reviews, conference proceedings, reports and publications for the applied life sciences. The searchable database produced by CABI covers most subjects and allied disciplines in life sciences in the broadest sense. 

CAB Abstracts has had significant impact on research. The rigorously collected records presently include more information than any other online database. Researchers can access well-known and less famous publications from over 116 countries in 50 different languages. Reviewed by experienced subject specialists, this database makes searching easier and is the 'number one search choice' for hundreds of the world's leading universities and research centers. 

JMBR and CAB Abstract Database Indexing - Ongoing Learning for the Academic Community 

Journal of Molecular Biology Research generated widespread coverage in the CAB Abstracts database. Regular indexing of JMBR articles in CAB Abstracts ensures knowledge transfer and provides a unique opportunity for the academic community to stay current in a constantly changing field. The database is easily searchable by topic and researchers and other interested professionals can advance their learning at their own pace. 

This affiliation of JMBR and CAB database guarantees permanent archiving and professionals can focus on the content that matters most to them. It's never been easier to find specialty information or get familiar with landmark research and scientific breakthroughs. In addition to instant access to world-class research and accurate information, the indexing of Journal of Molecular Biology Research by CAB Abstracts also makes it easy for the academic community to stay ahead.

Staying Connected with Learners - The Role of CCSE

The Canadian Center of Science and Education is committed to helping the academic community and the center focuses on publishing content that helps interested educators and researchers acquire knowledge and train one another. CCSE is always looking for effective ways to help interested professionals get the information they need in a form that makes most sense for them.

Canadian Center of Science and Education Affiliation with ICOQSIA2014

With the mission to create more opportunities for generations to come, the Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) looks to maintain its equity and esteem through scientific integrity and distinction. Associated with research institutions, foundations and enterprises, CCSE has been supporting programs since its inception in 2006. Through research and development, CCSE has already issued notable journals in the fields of social sciences, education, economics, management, humanities, and natural sciences. 

CCSE has been very successful at publishing journals that are based on extensive research. Moreover, their published work provides a faultless platform for researchers and professionals. One such journal meeting the requirements is the Modern Applied Science (MAS). The journal has been given open-access, which means professionals could easily benefit from reading the published work whenever and however they wish to get access it. There is a copy of the journal online which is available for download for free.

The MAS journal was published through primary research, where authors were made responsible to use original work that was unpublished and wasn't under review in any other journal. This meant that the study conducted to get to the material within the MAS journal is fresh, updated, and innovative for professionals to read. MAS covers, but is not limited to, aspects of mathematics and stats, agricultural and biological engineering while encompassing energy, environmental science, and engineering and mechanics. 

Moving on, we have the International Conference based on the applications of quantitative sciences taking place between the 12th and 14th August next year. The School of Quantitative Science, as the host, has welcomed in abstracts, proposals, and research writings that can enable the objective of the conference to be fulfilled. This conference will share knowledge that can extend awareness in related topics and add something new to the traditional theories that exist. AIP, or American Institute of Physics, will publish the proceedings of the conference.

Through 'streamlining development' and 'fostering innovation', the conference is aimed at developing a broader base of information for a wide range of topics. As an academic conference that has been conducted twice before as well, it has been able to come up to a reputable standard by promoting innovation and research. The conference will be held in Kedah, Malaysia.

Renowned for its originality and a strong sense of responsibility, CCSE has been a very successful institution at publishing useful journals towards their field of specialization. Since the material in their journals is strongly based on data hat has been collected through extensive research, the journal adds value to the topic of discussion by enhancing innovation and adding something new to the already existing data and theory. Because CCSE has come to credible level, the institution has participated in the conference based on quantitative sciences through cooperative partnership.

Canadian Center of Science and Education Has Been Indexed by AGRICOLA

 The Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) was founded in 2006 and is a renowned name in the education and research industry. It's a private and profit-oriented organization that operates to serve and support researchers and educators from all over the world.

CCSE operates in partnership with a number of research foundations and institutes, enterprises, and community organizations. It supports students, invests in international projects, and is also into publications.

Journal of Sustainable Development (JSD) is one of the international publications of CCSE. Completely original, peer-reviewed, full-length, and latest articles are published in the open-access JSD. All publications of JSD are available on the Internet and can be downloaded for free. The content of JSD articles revolves around economic, social, and environmental stability.

Agricultural Online Access (AGRICOLA) provides access to agricultural and allied information. It's an online catalog, index, or database that collects and stores all sorts of written information of the National Agricultural Library. 

AGRICOLA is a comprehensive database of agricultural and related information. It was developed by the US Department of Agriculture which is also concerned with the on-going maintenance and modification of the database. Educators and researchers from all over the world can benefit from publications and research content that is available at AGRICOLA for free.

The database has been developed by NAL (National Agricultural Library), which is also actively playing its role for non-stop development, improvement, and expansion of the database. The index and catalogs are useful not only to concerned individuals. In fact, public access proves highly beneficial in spreading information all over the world.

Though the name implies as if the database covers only agricultural research and information, several allied fields are also given equal coverage. Educators and researchers can benefit from a comprehensive plethora of information at AGRICOLA's database.

There are publications on veterinary sciences, forestry, aquaculture, farming, fisheries, food and nutrition, environmental sciences, and a lot more. Learning about plants, animals, food, agriculture, and several aspects of earth is made easy through AGRICOLA.

A range of Management and Organizational Studies of international scholars are published by CCSE. Those interested in getting their research papers published in CCSE's journals are supposed to directly contact the respected journal's editor.

Researchers must contact CCSE 5 months prior to when they want to publish their content. It helps CCSE plan and prepare accordingly. Minimum 8 and maximum 20 articles can be published in one issue, charging a certain amount of fee per article.

CCSE gives authors a PDF copy and two printed copies of journals in which their content is published. Researchers can also nominate editors or peer reviewers whose names are listed in the printed copy. Researchers can either arrange for peer reviews themselves, or CCSE can do it on the researcher's behalf.

CCSE makes sure that each and every article that is published is authentic and accurate. There's no room for errors because each publication goes through a number of editing and reviewing sessions. If any submitted content doesn't fit into the journal's scope or has been published (fully or partially) in any other journal, it is rejected then and there.

In addition, CCSE uses some of the best plagiarism checking software to make sure every single piece of information is original or properly referred if cited from another source. Double blind reviewing systems keeps author's and reviewer's identities anonymous to eliminate bias. On a scale of 1-5, a minimum score of 2.5 is necessary to get an article accepted for publication.

Researchers and authors must submit their unique and original work to CCSE. All its journals are comprehensive and renowned to give authors international exposure. Besides giving researchers a platform to showcase their talent, it helps educate millions of readers who visit the free online database of CCSE and JSD.

Canadian Center of Science and Education is calling for Papers

1.      Journal of Sustainable Development is a scholarly, peer-reviewed, open-access monthly journal published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) monthly.  Scholars may see the journal’s profile and submission guidelines at http://www.ccsenet.org/jsd or contact the editorial assistant for further information.

2.      Journal of Mathematics Research publishes research papers covering all aspects of mathematics. We seek well-written, scholarly papers for future issues. You may see the journal’s profile at http://www.ccsenet.org/jmr and submit online.

3.      Call for Papers for Computer and Information Science, Vol. 6, No. 3 August 2013. Paper Submission Deadline: June 30, 2013

The journal has been indexed in Cabell's Directories, DBLP, DOAJ, EBSCOhost, Gale's Academic Databases, Google Scholar, LOCKSS, Open J-Gate, PKP Open Archives Harvester, ProQuest, Standard Periodical Directory, Ulrich's, Universe Digital Library, WorldCat.
We are seeking submissions for the upcoming issue. All manuscripts should be written in English. Manuscripts from 3000-8000 words in length are preferred. All manuscripts should be prepared in MS-Word or LaTex format. Please submit your paper online at http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cis/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions , or email to: cis@ccsenet.org

4.      Mechanical Engineering Research is calling for papers for the coming issues. Authors are encouraged to submit complete, unpublished, original, and full-length articles that are not under review in any other journals.

Please find the journal’s profile at http://www.ccsenet.org/mer and submit your manuscripts online. Or you may email your paper directly to mer@ccsenet.org.

5.      International Journal of Business and Management is pleased to announce that the May issues (V8N9 & V8N10) have been published online under “e-Version First”, and the June issues will be online in recent days. We are calling for submission of papers. 

Submissions may be made at the website www.ccsenet.org or emailed to ijbm@ccsenet.org or ijbm3@ccsenet.org .

6.      Journal of Agricultural Science (http://www.ccsenet.org/jas) is pleased to announce a call for papers for its forthcoming issue. Journal of Agricultural Science is a monthly peer-reviewed publication of the Canadian Center of Science and Education. The journal publishes research papers covering these subjects: is agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, agronomy, aquaculture, biological engineering, environmental impacts of agriculture and forestry, food science, husbandry, irrigation and water management, land use, waste management. You may see the journal’s profile at http://www.ccsenet.org/jas and submit online. You may also e-mail your paper to jas@ccsenet.org .