The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) and Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, have formed a partnership that will see the creation of a new pan-African, peer-reviewed, open access publishing journal, dedicated to boosting the global reach and impact of research by Africans.
The journal dubbed Scientific African will generate increased visibility for African researchers and provide a platform to share their research with the global community.
This comes as a rescue as many African researchers continues to suffer from a lack of global exposure. They will now benefit from Elsevier’s existing journal infrastructure and expertise to publish their research across a wide range of scientific disciplines.
The launching of the Scientific African was at the Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering 2018 held in Kigali, Rwanda, March 26-28, 2018.
Commenting on the launch of the journal, Mr. Thierry Zomahoun, President and CEO of AIMS, and Founder and Chair of NEF said that the Scientific African is central to the Next Einstein Forum’s vision of propelling Africa onto the global scientific stage.
“What better way to do this then by actively publishing the groundbreaking discoveries and excellent research of African scientists? The NEF is committed to promoting scientific excellence and collaboration in Africa. We believe the two go together to improve scientific output and outcomes and we are happy that Scientific African will be led by the NEF’s brilliant Community of Scientists,” he added.
The journal is aimed at widening the availability and capacity of research by Africans, increase its impact and discoverability, and make African research more visible around the world.
“Through the efforts of both Elsevier and the Elsevier Foundation, we are committed to building African capacity in research. Scientific African is a state of the art platform, which will complement national and regional efforts to increase visibility and provide cohesion for the African research community,” said Ron Mobed, Elsevier CEO.
Elsevier will offer the publishing infrastructure for Scientific African at cost. It will also share its expertise in publishing, data sharing, marketing, editorial organization and information analytics, to help build a freely accessible flagship journal for African researchers.
Headed by Fellows from NEF’s Community of Scientists, the journal will allow authors to publish their articles Open Access at a low cost, enabling African researchers to share their work to an international audience on a highly-visible, prestigious publishing outlet that utilizes Elsevier’s market-leading technology.
Scientific African will publish peer-reviewed original research from all scientific disciplines and will also occasionally publish reviews, editorials, and invited perspectives or critical policy papers. The journal welcomes submissions to its peer-reviewed, open access, inter- and multidisciplinary scientific platform dedicated to expanding access to research by Africans, increasing intra-African scientific collaboration, and building scientific capacity in Africa.