Foundation and Activities of Korean Council of Science Editors (KCSE)

Council of Asian Science Editors Conference August 21, 2015, Hanoi, Vietnam

Jung-Il Jin

Distinguished Prof. of Korea University,Seoul, Korea

jijin@korea.ac.kr

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Contents

1. Foundation Background

2. Objective and Organization

3. Members

4. Activities

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Class Hum Soc Sci. Eng. Med. Agri.Fish.

Arts Others Total

KCI 455 589 103 206 178 62 87 54 1,734

KCIE 74 140 10 21 57 7 33 15 357

Total 529 729 113 227 235 69 120 69 2,091

National Research Foundation of Korea, June, 2014

Korean journals registered in National Research Foundation of Korea

Foundation Background (1)

Korean Journals index database

69 SCIE journals in June 2011 (108 in 2015)

940 academic societies publish 540 journals

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• Many difficulties in achieving the status of and maintaining world-class journals because of financial hardship, lack of professional editors, and others

• Many journals are published without properformatting and style.

• Many journals fall behind international journals in terms of networks and indexing database.

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Foundation Background (2)

21 Sep. 2011

Foundation of KCSE (Sep. 2011)

About 100 editors at the inauguration meeting.

2nd June 2011, 1st Organization meeting14th July 2011, Promotion meeting21st Sept. 2011, Inauguration meeting

14th, July 2011

• Office at The Korea Science & Technology Center, Seoul

KCSE: Korean Council of Science Editors

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• To improve the quality of science journals published inKorea by providing advanced know-hows on editing

• To exchange the information about editing and publishing science journals

• To contribute to the development of science

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Objective of KCSE

President (1)

Chair

Members (8)

Education & Training

Auditors (2)

Organization

Vice-President (1)

Publication Ethics

Information Management

Manuscript Editing

ExternalAffairs

Chair

Members (7)

Chair

Members (10)

Chair

Members (4)

Chair

Members (6)

Chair

Members (3)

Committees (6)

Secretary (Officer, 1)

TreasurerElected every 3 years

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Planning &Administration

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1. Organizational members, including academic societies that publish scientific journals, and universities and other publishing organizations.

2. Individual members who have experience in editing scientific journals or are experts in their respective fields.

3. Special members include corporates and institutes that are inaccord with the KCSE’s objective and that can contribute to the operation and growth of the council through their support.

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Membership Category

Members

(Sep. 2011 - July 2015)

0 24 35 4358

95

164

199213

281

0 1 6 8 12

95

189

240264

351

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50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

2011 2012 2013 2014. 6 2015

Year

Individual

Journal Editors

Special

Total

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Nature, 54

Engineering,

117

Agriculture,

48

Health, 61

Multidisciplinary,

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KCSE Members in Different Subfields

2015. 8. 4

10

183

21

26

82

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0 50 100 150 200

KCI

Chemical Abstracts

PubMed (PMC)

SCOPUS

SCI(E)

Number of Journals (KCSE members)Indexed in Databases

Total journals=21311

• Publication NewsletterScience Editing (English J.)

• WorkshopsAdvanced manuscript editingEditors workshopEthics workshopEthics forumIrregular seminar

• Annual meeting and conference

Main Activities

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Publications

. Newsletter . Science Editing

Contents• News from KCSE• Columns• Feature articles• Reports on meetings• News from CSE, EASE, etc.

Newsletter

In Korean Text !

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Current IssueVolume 1(1); February 2014

In English Text !15

Meetings and Conferences

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Annual General Meeting and Symposium

March 25, 2013

Feb 201417

Workshop: At least 10 time a year

Manuscript editing workshop for Novice editors

Editors workshop Research and Publication

ethics Technical workshop for DOI,

JATS XML

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International Cooperation in Editing

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International symposium (2012. 7. 12)

International workshop (2012. 7. 13)

International Cooperation in Editing (1)

Asian science editors' forum

-1st Oct. 2013Seoul

Joan Marsh (President, European Association of Science Editors) et al.,

China, Indonesia, Japan and Korea

International Cooperation in Editing (2)

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Asian Science Editors Conference and Workshop (July 2-4, 2014)

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Finance-Revenue –US $ 27,000

Membership fees25%

KOFST *40%

Registration fees35%

*Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST)

Advertising – Bulletin

Workshops and seminars

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