San Francisco, California, United States - The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the Society of China University Journals (CUJS) today announced a 3-year strategic partnership between the organizations to work together on topics and content related to open access, open science, scientific integrity and scientific evaluation.
CUJS is an academic, national and non-profit social organization with more than 1,200 journal members. The organization conducts academic research and training programs in the editing and publishing of STM journals and promotes the development of STM journals in colleges and universities, among other things.
PLOS and CUJS will jointly explore potential markers of trust and quality in scholarly publishing; and increase awareness of open science and research integrity principles related to publishing.
“This collaboration will help us both shape efforts to increase equitable participation in open science and further enhance research integrity in China,” said Tieming Zhang, President, Society of China University Journals. "We are proud to partner with a like-minded nonprofit organization to raise awareness of open science principles and promote the development of scholarly publishing for the better."
“This strategic partnership enables PLOS to learn from and collaborate with the Society of China University Journals,” said Roheena Anand, Executive Director of Global Publishing Development & Sales, PLOS. “We are excited to partner with CUJS to advance Open Science: working with global communities is key to our mission to build an open and trustworthy foundation of knowledge and to extend open science opportunities to researchers around the world.”
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About the Society of China University Journals
The Society of China University Journals is an academic and non-profit organization voluntarily formed by the editorial departments of STEM journals sponsored by universities and relevant institutions in China. For more information, visit http://www.cujs.org.cn.
About the Public Library of Science
PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy, and practice. We believe in a better future where science is open to all, for all. For more information, visit http://www.plos.org.