The eScholarship Publishing program of the University of California has announced the launch of Combinatorial Theory, a new mathematics journal expecting its first issue in Spring 2021. The journal will publish papers in Combinatorics, an active area of mathematical research with applications throughout the mathematical, computational and natural sciences. Combinatorial Theory is owned by mathematicians who believe in the importance of unfettered access to research as a means of engaging the global combinatorial community. As such, it is an open access publication, with no fees for authors or readers.
Combinatorial Theory was founded in September 2020, when most of the editorial board for one of the oldest and most prestigious journals in Combinatorics, the Elsevier-owned Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Ser. A (JCTA), announced their intention to resign to start a new, open access journal. The new journal will deepen and broaden the impact of its predecessor, as well as embark on an inclusive vision that is international in scope, with a diverse editorial team seeking top research papers from combinatorial mathematicians worldwide. The journal is committed to fairness and mitigation of implicit biases in its selection processes, including double-blind refereeing, where the identities of authors and referees are not revealed to each other. This makes it a pioneer among mathematics research journals.
Recognising the resource challenges of a shift from subscription-based to open access publishing, the editorial board members have also worked to ensure a sustainable funding model for Combinatorial Theory. The journal will be included in the Open Access Community Investment Program, piloted by LYRASIS and Transitioning Society Publications to Open Access (TSPOA), with the goal of helping to match libraries, consortia, foundations, departments and other prospective scholarly publishing funders with non-profit publishers and journal editorial boards that are seeking financial investments to sustain or transition journals or books to Open Access (OA) publishing.
Combinatorial Theory will be published on UC’s eScholarship platform, managed by the California Digital Library (CDL), and will use EditFlow for its submission and peer-review workflows. The journal will join nearly 90 other UC-affiliated, open access journals published by eScholarship across a broad range of disciplines and serving a global audience.
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