The Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa), in partnership with Scifiniti Publishing, will host an online webinar titled “Improving Journal Quality: Editorial Checks, Reporting Standards, and Discoverability” on Monday, 31 August 2026, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM East Africa Time (EAT).

The webinar will bring together experts in scholarly publishing, journal editorial management, and research communication to discuss practical approaches to strengthening the quality, integrity, transparency, and international visibility of scholarly journals.

As scholarly publishing continues to evolve, journals are increasingly expected to maintain robust editorial procedures, uphold publication ethics, encourage appropriate research reporting practices, and ensure that published research can be effectively discovered by researchers worldwide. High-quality editorial screening, accurate metadata, persistent identifiers, responsible use of emerging technologies, and adherence to recognized reporting standards are increasingly important components of credible scholarly communication.

The webinar will explore these issues from both editorial and research-capacity perspectives, with particular emphasis on practical strategies that journal editors, publishers, researchers, librarians, and research-support professionals can implement within their own institutions and publications.

The webinar will open with welcoming remarks from Ms. Joy Owango, Executive Director of TCC Africa, who will introduce the partnership and provide an overview of the session.

Mr. Qasit Malik, Publishing Director at Scifiniti Publishing, will deliver the opening remarks on behalf of Scifiniti.

The first featured presentation will be delivered by Prof. Amin Olaimat, Editor-in-Chief of Sustainable Food Connect, on “Strengthening Journal Quality Through Effective Editorial Screening: Ensuring Integrity, Transparency, and Discoverability.” Prof. Olaimat will examine the role of rigorous editorial screening in maintaining journal standards, strengthening research integrity, improving transparency, and supporting the discoverability and credibility of published research.

The second presentation, “Responsible GenAI in Research: Transparency, Disclosure, and Verification,” will be delivered by Dr. Nicholas Outa, Academic Editor and TCC Africa Research Capacity Advisor/Facilitator, representing TCC Africa. This session will address the growing use of generative artificial intelligence in research and scholarly communication, with particular attention to responsible use, transparency, appropriate disclosure, and verification.

The presentations will be followed by an interactive discussion moderated by Ms. Joy Owango, allowing participants to explore practical strategies for enhancing journal quality, research integrity, editorial workflows, and global discoverability.

The webinar will be particularly relevant to journal editors and editorial board members, publishers, researchers, academics, librarians, research managers, research-support offices, graduate students, higher education institutions, and research organizations seeking to strengthen scholarly publishing practices.

Participants will gain practical insights into editorial quality checks, publication integrity, reporting standards, metadata and discoverability, and responsible approaches to emerging technologies within scholarly communication.

Webinar Details

Date: Monday, 31 August 2026
Time: 10:00 AM–11:30 AM EAT
Platform: Zoom

Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/k5Lyqu7gTG-xG-vcUraV5w

About the OrganizersL

Scifiniti Publishing
https://www.scifiniti.com/

Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa)
https://www.tcc-africa.org/

We invite journal editors, publishers, researchers, librarians, academics, and research-support professionals to join this timely discussion and contribute to strengthening quality, integrity, and discoverability across scholarly publishing.

Register today and join the conversation on building stronger and more globally visible scholarly journals.