Joint Meetings of the Symposium on Developing New Quality Productive Forces for STEM Journals and the 2024 SciOpen Innovation Conference Held
On June 30th, 2024, the joint meetings of the Symposium on Developing New Quality Productive Forces for STEM Journals and the 2024 SciOpen Innovation Conference were held in the Reception Hall of the Main Building of Tsinghua University. Organized by Tsinghua University Press (TUP), the conference aimed at sharing the latest developments and exchanging ideas on cultivating new quality productive forces for STEM journals, and jointly exploring the pattern and path of high-quality development of STEM journals. Attended the conference were representatives from China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and TUP, and over 150 experts and scholars from government agencies, scientific research institutions, academies and associations, universities, libraries, journal publishers and sci-tech enterprises.
The opening ceremony was hosted by SHI Lei, Deputy General Editor and Director of Journal Center, TUP. ZONG Junfeng, Chairman of TUP, delivered an opening speech. ZONG Junfeng emphasized the pivotal position of STEM journals within the national framework of innovation. Digital publishing platforms, as conduits for disseminating these journals, serve as the nucleus for fostering new productive forces of STEM journals. Simultaneously, they represent a constraining factor inhibiting the innovative progress and growth of China’s STEM journal publishing industry. TUP has independently developed SciOpen, an international digital publishing platform for STEM journals, with the support of the national program for Excellent STEM Journals and Tsinghua University. In June 2022, SciOpen was officially launched. Up to now, SciOpen hosts 86 English-language STEM journals, with an archive exceeding 25,000 articles, and garners approximately 38,000 daily visits from a global readership spanning over 180 countries and regions. After two years of international operation replete with iterative enhancements, the platform has become increasingly sophisticated, professional, smart and modern. It has become instrumental in developing clusters of international STEM journals in China, while broadening the horizons of open science services. Chairman ZONG looks forward to more extensive cooperation with all stakeholders in the future to improve the innovation and development of STEM journal clusters and hastening the realization of a world-class STEM journal ecosystem.
ZONG Junfeng, Chairman of TUP, Delivered an Opening Speech
In the keynote report session, LUO Jianbin, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor of School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, and Editor-in-chief of Friction, and SUN Fuchun, Vice President of Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, Professor of Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University and executive Editor-in-chief of CAAI Artificial Intelligence Research, exchanged views on the themes of “Power of journals Opening the Future of the Disciplines” and “Embodied Intelligence Empowering Industrial Development” respectively.
LUO Jianbin, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor of School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, and Editor-in-chief of Friction, Makes a Keynote Speech
SUN Fuchun, Vice President of Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, professor of Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University and Executive Editor-in-Chief of CAAI Artificial Intelligence Research, delivers the keynote speech.
During the release and signing ceremony, WANG Su, Director of STEM Journals Division of Sci-tech Innovation Department, CAST, LIU Dongxia, director of STEM Journals Project Service Division, Service Center for Societies of CAST, ZONG Junfeng, Chairman of TUP, and QIU Xianqing, President of TUP, simultaneously pressed the buttons that turn on the light pillars that symbolize the official release of SciOpen 2.0, the international digital publishing platform for STEM journals. MOU Qiaochu, Senior Product Manager of SciOpen, gave an introductory demonstration of the new version. She said that SciOpen 2.0 has made a leap in its functions by implementing the best practices and experiences of international mainstream publishing models, comprehensively upgrading the design of interactive system, and integrating the AI reading functions of large models.
SciOpen 2.0, an international digital publishing platform for STEM journals launches at the event.
LUO Jianbin, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor of School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, and Editor-in-chief of Friction, WANG Xun, professor of Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University and Deputy Editor-in-chief of Nano Research, and QIU Xianqing, President of TUP, unveiled the return of Nano Research and Friction to SciOpen 2.0. The two high-level journals will be officially published on the SciOpen platform from January 2025, marking a departure from reliance on overseas platforms and heralding their return to domestically operated, independent management. This strategic homecoming is vital to accelerating the establishment of the world-class STEM journal publishing system, and tackling the prevailing challenges within China’s basic research landscape.
Ceremony honoring the return of Nano Research and Friction takes place.
TUP also signed a cooperation agreement with Beijing Knowledge Atlas Technology Co. Ltd. (Zhipu AI). The signing ceremony was witnessed by LIU Debing, Chairman of Zhipu AI, and ZONG Junfeng, Chairman of TUP, signifying that the two parties will join hands to further use generative AI technology in journal publishing and cultivate new quality productive forces of STEM journals.
TUP signs a cooperation agreement with Beijing Knowledge Atlas Technology Co. Ltd.
The second half of the conference was hosted by ZHANG Tieming, the Chairman of the Society of China University Journals. SUN Yong, Deputy General Engineer of Beijing Food Science Research Institute, Vice President of China Food Press, and Executive Editor-in-chief of Food Science and Human Wellness, shared the experience of journals in improving quality, extending influence, and forming clusters. GONG Jianghong, Associate Professor of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, and Executive Editor-in-chief of Journal of Advanced Ceramics, introduced the innovative practices of journal publishing based on SciOpen. NING Bi, Director of China, Clarivate Analytics, expounded professionally on the latest changes in journal citation reports and impact factors, which helped audience better understand the assessment methods of impact factors and academic value. WANG Shenghua, General Engineer of Beijing Renhe Huizhi Information Technology Co., Ltd. shared the practice of XML online production patterns for STEM journals, showing the use of XML technology to transform and optimize the digital publishing process and service. SHI Lei, Deputy General Editor and Director of Journal Center, TUP, made an in-depth analysis on constructing the whole process of international publishing with digital intelligence to support the development of STEM journal clusters. During the meeting, in a lively atmosphere, the guests also asked questions and made comments on the development of new quality productive forces of STEM journals.
ZHANG Tieming, Chairman of the Society of China University Journals, hosts the second half of the conference
SUN Yong, Deputy General Engineer of Beijing Food Science Research Institute, Vice President of China Food Press, and Executive Editor-in-Chief of Food Science and Human Wellness, makes a report.
GONG Jianghong, Associate Professor of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, and Executive Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Advanced Ceramics makes a report.
NING Bi, Director of China, Clarivate Analytics, makes a report.
WANG Shenghua, General Engineer of Beijing Renhe Huizhi Information Technology Co., Ltd. makes a report.
SHI Lei, Deputy General Editor and Director of Journal Center, TUP, makes a report.
The success of this conference has injected new impetus into developing STEM journals. Through such a high-level exchange platform, the community of STEM journals can better follow the trend of the times and help STEM journals to make a leap in quality and achieve prosperity driven by new quality productive forces.
Attendees at the main building of Tsinghua University.