Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)2021-11-292021-11-292021http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/221ASSAf’s Scholarly Publishing Programme (SPP) hosted its annual National Scholarly Editors’ Forum (NSEF) two-days meeting on 10 and 11 November 2021. The NSEF annual meeting is an opportunity for scholarly journal editors to interact on issues pertaining to scholarly journal publishing in South Africa.This year’s meeting was themed ‘The future of scholarly publishing in South Africa’.Welcome by Prof Keyan Tomaselli Visit https://youtu.be/XUlkagQvfvcReport back on SAJS Associate Editors Mentee Programme by Prof Leslie Swartz Visit https://youtu.be/50iuW8slqjQProgress report on SPP activities by Ms Susan Veldsman Visit https://youtu.be/JYiOvnjn7VoReport back on completed Peer Review Panels by Dr John Butler-Adam & Prof Tilman Dedering Visit https://youtu.be/PLgmNpnI2VQDefinition of a South African journal by Prof Robin Crewe Visit https://youtu.be/Qmm97H-mCPEInterpretation of the ASSAf Code of Best Practice by Prof Elizabeth Henning Visit https://youtu.be/Sc3EYRr_9dEUnpacking whether research can be fun or not, by Prof Warren Maroun, Prof Caroline Ncube, Prof Keyan Tomaselli Visit https://youtu.be/oP-Cs0stzIUCombatting predatory academic journals and conferences by Prof Asfawossen Asrat, Prof Stefan Eriksson, Ms Susan Veldsman Visit https://youtu.be/HlErrnYy1kMResearch Quality Framework for scholarly outputs in SA by Prof Johann Mouton, Mr Chief Mabizela Visit https://youtu.be/Ck37JarteeoNegotiating publisher agreements that facilitate a transition to Open Access for South Africa Ms Ellen Tise, Mr Glenn Truran Visit https://youtu.be/H7RkvhDjlTcPOPIA Code of Conduct for Research by Ms Eleni Flack-Davison & Closing https://youtu.be/OgoajcOixTgenScholarly Editors’ ForumScholarly journalsScholarly publishingSDG 4Presentation