This article was accepted into the corpus but its outbound wikilinks were never NER-processed — typical at the deepest BFS hop or when the run's entity cap was reached. No expansion funnel to show.
| Asian Federation of Science Editors | |
|---|---|
| Name | Asian Federation of Science Editors |
| Formation | 19XX |
| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | Regional |
| Region served | Asia-Pacific |
| Language | English |
Asian Federation of Science Editors is a regional professional association that connects editors, publishers, and communicators across Asia and the Asia-Pacific region, promoting standards in scholarly publishing, editorial ethics, and scientific communication. It acts as a hub linking national societies, university presses, research institutes, and international organizations to enhance peer review, indexing, and dissemination of research. Through conferences, training, and guideline development the federation engages with stakeholders from government ministries, philanthropic foundations, and intergovernmental bodies.
The federation was founded amid growing regional initiatives in scholarly communication that included interactions with institutions such as UNESCO, World Health Organization, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Committee on Publication Ethics, and national academies like the Indian National Science Academy and Academy of Sciences Malaysia. Early meetings referenced models from organizations such as the Council of Science Editors, European Association of Science Editors, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, and national bodies including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and National Research Foundation (South Africa). Founding conferences attracted delegates from universities such as University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, Peking University, and publishers including Springer Nature, Wiley-Blackwell, and Elsevier. The federation evolved alongside indexing services and databases like PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and standards promoted by the International Organization for Standardization.
The federation’s mission aligns with objectives championed by bodies such as World Bank, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Association of Commonwealth Universities, and prominent research funders like the Wellcome Trust and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Objectives include improving editorial quality in journals associated with institutions like Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Australian National University; promoting ethical policies resonant with Transparency International-advocated norms; supporting indexing ambitions for journals aiming for inclusion in DOAJ, MEDLINE, and CrossRef; and fostering capacity building comparable to programs run by UNDP and Asian Development Bank.
Membership encompasses national editorial societies similar to the Japan Science Editors' Association, university presses like Oxford University Press regional offices, professional editors from institutions such as Chinese University of Hong Kong and Seoul National University, and representatives from publishing houses including Taylor & Francis and SAGE Publications. Governance draws on structures seen in organizations like International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and International Council for Science (ICSU), with an executive committee, regional coordinators, and working groups on ethics, peer review, and copyright. Membership categories mirror models from Royal Society fellowships and learned societies such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Programs include editorial workshops modeled after trainings by COPE and capacity-building courses similar to those run by INASP, targeting editors from journals affiliated with universities like Gadjah Mada University, Chulalongkorn University, and University of the Philippines. Initiatives address topics found in guidance from National Institutes of Health, European Commission, and Research Councils UK on open access, metadata standards promoted by ORCID, Crossref, and data-sharing policies advocated by PLOS. The federation runs mentorship schemes reminiscent of programs at Royal Society of Chemistry and accreditation discussions parallel to debates at SciELO.
Annual and biennial conferences attract participants linked to organizations such as Asia-Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors, World Conference on Research Integrity, and national bodies like the Bangladesh Medical Association. Proceedings often cite partnerships with indexing services like EMBASE and databases like AGRIS, and include sessions featuring publishers such as Cambridge University Press and MIT Press. The federation publishes guidelines, newsletters, and training materials analogous to resources from COPE, ICMJE, and journals including Nature, Science, and Lancet.
Collaborations include ties with intergovernmental and nongovernmental players such as UNESCO, WHO, Asian Development Bank, and research funders like Wellcome Trust and European Research Council. The federation engages with infrastructure providers including Crossref, ORCID, DOAJ, and indexing services like Scopus and Web of Science, and partners with regional scholarly networks such as SciELO and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation-linked initiatives. It also coordinates with national research councils like Department of Science and Technology (India), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and National Research Foundation (Korea).
Governance follows a model with an elected executive committee, advisory panels drawing expertise from institutions like University of Malaya, Kyoto University, and National Taiwan University, and committees on finance, ethics, and training modeled after structures at Royal Society and American Chemical Society. Funding sources include membership dues, conference fees, grants from foundations such as the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation, project funding from agencies like Asian Development Bank and sponsored collaboration with commercial publishers including Elsevier and Springer Nature.
Category:Scholarly communication Category:Professional associations in Asia