Riyadh to host conference to discuss scientific publishing issues and challenges in Arab world in October
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King
Saud University is to organize during the period from 11th - 13th of
October, 2015, the 2nd Saudi International Conference on Scientific
Publishing 2015 in Riyadh, to discuss the scientific publishing issues
and challenges in the Arab world, especially the ranking of journals,
and the difficulties faced by the Arab researchers in the globally
recognized journals.
The Conference seeks to assess the reality of
scientific publishing in the Arab world, and study the challenges and
obstacles facing it and ways to overcome them, as well as highlight the
tasks of heads and members of editorial boards in the scientific
journals, review the local and international performance indicators for
the process of scientific research and publishing, and promote the
culture of outstanding scientific publishing.
The Conference
management announced that May 13th, 2015 will be the deadline for the
receipt of research papers, which could address one or more of the
following axes; Scientific Publishing in the Arab World: Reality &
Aspirations, which deals with assessment of local and international
publishing/e-publishing, editorial assessment of the Arab scientific
journals, mechanisms of referencing and quotation in scientific
publishing, English scientific journals of the Arab World, scientific
journals issued in Arabic, and opportunities for investment in
publishing throughout the Arab World. The second axis is Management and
Governance of Journals, which contains mechanisms for editing scientific
journals, global key performance indicators for publishing, roles,
duties and responsibilities of the Editor in Chief and members of the
Editorial Board and methods for further development, and challenges of
redundant journals within the same discipline. The third axis is Quality
Assurance in Publishing, which includes the journals ranking and the
impact factor, open access publishing, the importance of publishing in
high impact factor journals, and mechanisms of developing the journals
issued in Arabic. As for the fourth axis, Publishing Ethics, it
discusses the technical & ethical issues in publishing, referencing
methods and formats used in publishing, and the intellectual property
rights and copyright.
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