Supporting trust in Southern journals: the story behind Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS)

20 September, 2017 Verity Warne

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INASP and African Journals Online have launched the Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS), a unique new framework for providing accreditation and support for journals in the Global South. The JPPS provides detailed and internationally accepted assessment criteria for the quality of publishing practices and policies of Southern journals. In this interview, Susan Murray, Executive Director of African Journals Online (AJOL), and Sioux Cumming, Programme Manager, Journals Online, share the origins and potential of JPPS.

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Annual review highlights successes of INASP’s 5 year strategy

30 August, 2017 jbrittain

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General

Julie Brittain, INASP Executive Director, looks back at the past year and shares some highlights from our latest annual review....

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Open Access plays a vital role in developing-country research communication

10 March, 2016 Andy Nobes

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Research communication

In an article first published in a special Open Access-themed edition of ISMTE’s EON Magazine, INASP’s Andy Nobes considers Open...

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Why are we struggling to get an editor for our journal?

10 February, 2016 Guest Contributor

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Academic publishing

Dr Haseeb Md. Irfanullah considers the journal publishing landscape in Bangladesh and why it is so difficult to attract editors to southern journals. He also shares his suggestions for how the situation might be improved.

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