Canadian Science Publishing

Canadian Science Publishing
Founded1929
FounderNational Research Council
Country of originCanada
Headquarters locationOttawa, Ontario
Publication typesacademic journals, monographs
Nonfiction topicsScience
Official websitecdnsciencepub.com

Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) is Canada's largest publisher of international scientific journals. It started in 1929 as the NRC Research Press, part of the National Research Council (NRC). In 2010, the organization spun off from NRC and was incorporated as a not-for-profit.

As of 2018, CSP has published about 2,300 articles annually in 24 journals distributed to over 125 countries.[1] CSP has 50 staff members, and, according to the website Owler, its annual revenue is about US$3.7M.[2] All of CSP's journals are produced and delivered in both HTML and PDF formats, is connected to scientific literature, included in all major indexes, and archived through both CLOCKSS and Portico.[1]

Open access

CSP has an OpenArticle program, which permits authors and/or research funding agencies to sponsor online open access of their article. It also has auto-deposit of accepted manuscripts into the University of Toronto TSpace, a free and secure research repository; and an adoption of a Creative Commons CC BY.[1]

CSP publishes three interdisciplinary open access journals: Arctic Science, a journal that focuses on research about northern polar regions; FACETS, Canada’s first open access multidisciplinary science journal;, and Anthropocene Coasts.

CSP also provides the CSP blog, which includes plain language summaries of featured research. FACETS also publishes plain language summaries.

Canadian Science Publishing is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact,[3] [4][5] and has taken steps to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the publishing industry. These include recognizing the lack of indigenous peoples in peer review and publishing processes. CSP has taken steps to encourage co-production of knowledge in its journal Arctic Science. Co-editor-in-chief Lisa Loseto acknowledges that new processes may be needed to support indigenous participation in science.[6]

Publications

Main category: Canadian Science Publishing academic journals

CSP publishes the following journals:[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Empowered by Science: Canadian Science Publishing Strategic Plan 2018–2022" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Canadian Science Publishing". Owler. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. ^ Saini, Sherestha (February 9, 2022). "Canadian Science Publishing signs the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Publishers Compact". Canadian Science Publishing.
  4. ^ "SDG Publishers Compact Members". United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. ^ "SDG Publishers Compact". United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  6. ^ "From the grassroots: 7 ways journal publishers can promote climate justice". Scholastica. October 24, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Canadian Science Publishing". cdnsciencepub.com. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  8. ^ "Facets". Canadian Science Publishing. Retrieved January 25, 2021.