Join the ACSE Community

Connect with a growing network of editors, publishers, researchers, and scholarly publishing professionals across Asia and beyond.

More Than Membership

Opportunities to Learn, Connect, and Contribute

ACSE membership opens the door to professional learning, knowledge exchange, and meaningful engagement with the evolving practice of scholarly publishing.

From expert-led training and practical resources to community initiatives and opportunities to share your expertise, membership supports your professional growth while enabling you to contribute to a stronger publishing ecosystem.

ACSE Membership

Choose the Membership That Fits Your Role

ACSE offers membership for individuals, journals, publishers, and organizations working across scholarly publishing. Choose the category that best reflects your role and make your membership work for your professional or organizational needs.

For Professionals

Individual Membership

$50 / year
Grow Your Expertise. Strengthen Your Professional Practice.

For editors, reviewers, researchers, librarians, consultants, and publishing professionals looking to develop their practice and engage more closely with scholarly publishing.

Your membership gives you opportunities to:
  • Seek guidance from ACSE on publishing, editorial, peer review, and related professional questions.
  • Access ACSE learning opportunities, including webinars, expert conversations, conferences, and professional development activities.
  • Bring your questions to experienced voices through Ask the Expert and other ACSE discussions.
  • Explore opportunities to serve on member journals as an editor, reviewer, or in other appropriate editorial roles.
  • Have your professional profile verified through ACSE, where applicable.
  • Build professional connections with peers across editorial, publishing, research, and scholarly communication.
  • Stay informed about developments in peer review, research integrity, open science, AI, and evolving publishing practices.
  • Request guidance or training where a specific professional or publishing need can be addressed through ACSE.
Best suited for Editors · Reviewers · Researchers · Librarians · Consultants · Publishing professionals
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For Journals

Journal Membership

$100 / year
Strengthen Your Journal. Support Your Editorial Team.

For scholarly journals looking for practical ways to develop their editorial practice and stay connected with the wider publishing community.

Your membership gives your journal opportunities to:
  • Request customized editorial training for editors, reviewers, or other members of your journal team.
  • Seek guidance from ACSE on editorial, peer review, publishing, and related journal-management questions.
  • Access ACSE webinars, expert conversations, conferences, and learning activities relevant to journal publishing.
  • Bring journal-related questions to experienced practitioners through Ask the Expert and other ACSE forums.
  • Connect your editorial team with peers from other journals and publishing environments.
  • Explore opportunities for your editors and reviewers to engage with ACSE activities and the wider professional community.
  • Stay informed about emerging practices in peer review, research integrity, open science, AI, and scholarly publishing.
  • Explore opportunities to highlight and engage your journal through relevant ACSE initiatives and platforms.
Best suited for Society journals · Open-access journals · Subscription journals · Emerging journals · Specialized journals · Conference proceedings
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For Publishers

Publisher Membership

$300 / year
Develop Your Publishing Teams. Engage With the Field.

For publishing organizations seeking practical support, professional development, and closer engagement with developments across scholarly publishing.

Your membership gives your organization opportunities to:
  • Request customized editorial or publishing training for your teams.
  • Seek guidance from ACSE on publishing, editorial, peer review, research integrity, or related challenges.
  • Access ACSE webinars, conferences, expert conversations, and professional learning activities.
  • Bring publishing questions and challenges into relevant ACSE discussions and expert conversations.
  • Support your teams in building connections with editors, publishers, researchers, and other professionals.
  • Stay informed about developments affecting publishing models, peer review, open science, AI, integrity, and scholarly communication.
  • Explore opportunities for your organization to contribute expertise to appropriate ACSE activities.
  • Explore collaboration with ACSE around relevant events, webinars, training, or community initiatives.
Best suited for Small, medium, and large publishing organizations
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For Organizations

Corporate Membership

$1,500 / year
Build Visibility. Build Relationships. Bring Your Expertise.

For organizations providing technology, data, research, library, professional, or other services to the scholarly publishing ecosystem.

Your membership gives your organization opportunities to:
  • Build brand visibility through ACSE channels, including advertising opportunities on Editor’s Café.
  • Showcase your organization, products, services, or expertise to an engaged scholarly publishing community through appropriate ACSE opportunities.
  • Request customized training for your team on relevant scholarly publishing topics.
  • Seek guidance and perspective from ACSE on issues relevant to the scholarly publishing environment.
  • Connect with editors, publishers, researchers, and other stakeholders through ACSE events and activities.
  • Share your expertise through appropriate ACSE conversations, initiatives, webinars, or other activities.
  • Explore collaboration with ACSE on events, webinars, professional learning, or community initiatives.
  • Gain closer insight into the needs and challenges of the publishing community, helping your organization better understand the sector it serves.
Best suited for Technology and data providers · Research organizations · Universities · Library consortia · Professional service organizations · Nonprofits · Other industry stakeholders
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Custom Membership Plans

A Membership Built Around Your Needs

Some organizations have broader teams, multiple journals, regional networks, or specific engagement goals that do not fit neatly into a standard membership category.

ACSE can explore customized membership arrangements that may include:
Multiple individuals or teams
Multiple journals or publishing programmes
Customized editorial or publishing training
Tailored professional learning or knowledge-sharing activities
Event, webinar, or programme collaboration
Organizational engagement with ACSE initiatives
Other arrangements based on your specific needs

Tell us what you are looking to achieve, and we can explore an approach that works for your organization and ACSE.

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