Bingley digital publisher Emerald signs five-year deal in mainland China

Bingley-headquartered Emerald Publishing Services (EPS) has secured a five-year contract in mainland China.

EPS’ new contract with National Engineering Laboratory is for E-Commerce Technologies (part of Tsinghua University, China) to publish its new journal International Journal of Crowd Science (IJCS), launching in 2017.

The total number of journals published through EPS now stands at ten.

IJCS is the official journal of the Association of Crowd Science Engineers (ACE), a newly formed association between three top international universities - Tsinghua University, Nanyang Technological University and British Columbia University.

The official signing ceremony was held at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. Shariq Mumtaz, Emerald’s managing director – global sales, was there to sign the deal, along with professor Chai Yueting (director of The National Engineering Lab for E-Commerce) from the department of automation at Tsinghua University.

Shariq said: “This was a significant signing of an EPS deal - the first in mainland China; and that, too, with the prestigious Tsinghua University.

“By using EPS, institutions benefit from Emerald’s almost 50 years’ publishing experience and the expertise to support and enhance their journals.

“In addition, journals published using EPS will see their research hosted on an industry-leading platform, with enhanced search and discoverability through enriched metadata and search engine optimization.

“The research is also made available to Emerald’s growing network of more than 100,000 advisors, authors and editors and nearly 5,000 customers in 120 countries worldwide – ensuring independent research has a real worldwide impact.

“We hope this will pave the way to further EPS opportunities.”