Academic publisher Emerald Publishing Services (EPS) has secured a five-year contract with National Engineering Laboratory for E-Commerce Technologies (part of Tsinghua University, China) to publish its new journal International Journal of Crowd Science (IJCS), launching in 2017. The total number of journals published through EPS now stands at ten.
IJCS is the official journal of the Association of Crowd Science Engineers (ACE), a newly formed association between three top international universities - Tsinghua University, Nanyang Technological University and British Columbia University.
The official signing ceremony was held at Beijing's Tsinghua University. Shariq Mumtaz, Emerald's Managing Director – Global Sales, was there to sign the deal along with Professor Chai Yueting (Director of The National Engineering Lab for E-Commerce) from the Department of Automation, Tsinghua University.
ACE aims to establish a worldwide platform for international cooperation and communication regarding Crowd Science, facilitating development and innovation, and leading the direction of internet-enabled industry and management.
Emerald Group Publishing launched EPS as a third-party publishing program for research dissemination that gives associations, universities and organisations the opportunity to collaborate directly with a publisher of global standing to enhance the impact and value of their journals and research.
EPS provides essential independent publishing services, including the provision of an online submission system for articles, copy editing, proofreading and Open Access publication of the journal on EmeraldInsight.com.
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