Consortium Publisher Canada
Consortium Publisher Canada maintains a formal Advisory and Oversight framework designed to ensure academic rigor, regulatory compliance, and adherence to internationally recognized standards in scholarly publishing. This structure supports transparent governance, editorial independence, and accountability in accordance with the requirements of regulatory, indexing, and monitoring bodies.
Advisory Board
An independent Advisory Board provides strategic, academic, and policy-level guidance to the Publisher and its affiliated journals. Members are appointed based on demonstrated scholarly expertise, institutional affiliation, professional distinction, and international standing within their respective disciplines.
The Advisory Board operates in a non-operational capacity, ensuring that editorial processes remain independent while providing high-level guidance on academic scope, quality benchmarks, and long-term development strategies. The Board contributes to maintaining compliance with internationally recognized frameworks, including the DOAJ Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, COPE Core Practices, and established indexing standards.
Primary Functions of the Advisory Board include:
• Strategic guidance regarding journal scope, disciplinary alignment, and scholarly relevance
• Oversight of editorial independence and governance integrity
• Periodic review of editorial policies, ethical standards, and compliance mechanisms
• Advisory input on quality assurance systems and international positioning
• Monitoring alignment with regulatory and indexing requirements
Research Integrity and Ethics Oversight
Consortium Publisher Canada maintains a structured Research Integrity and Publication Ethics framework aligned with COPE Core Practices and internationally accepted standards of responsible research and scholarly communication. This framework applies across all journals and publishing platforms under its authority.
The Publisher ensures that clearly documented policies are publicly available and consistently implemented across editorial operations. Ethical governance mechanisms are designed to protect authors, reviewers, editors, and readers while safeguarding the integrity of the scholarly record.
Core Responsibilities within the Research Integrity Framework includes:
• Investigation and management of allegations of research misconduct, including plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, redundant publication, and unethical research practices
• Implementation and monitoring of conflict of interest disclosure requirements for authors, reviewers, and editors
• Administration of correction, retraction, and expression-of-concern procedures in accordance with international best practices
• Verification of ethical approval and informed consent compliance where applicable
• Oversight of data transparency, authorship criteria, and publication ethics adherence
All complaints, appeals, and ethical concerns are managed through documented procedures that ensure due process, confidentiality, and impartial evaluation. Decisions are recorded and, where necessary, communicated transparently to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record.
Through this structured advisory and ethics governance model, Consortium Publisher Canada demonstrates its institutional commitment to academic excellence, regulatory compliance, editorial independence, and responsible scholarly publishing aligned with international indexing and monitoring standards.