About
Highly accomplished Open Access Publishing Expert and Humanities Scholar with a PhD, leveraging extensive international experience in metadata strategy, research communication, and digital infrastructure. Currently serving as Managing Editor for DOAJ and Türkiye Ambassador for DOAB, aligning global indexing standards and driving equitable knowledge dissemination. Proven leader in editorial operations, metadata workflows, and researcher education, particularly adept with AI tools and open infrastructures to advance scholarly communication.
Work
Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Summary
Directs comprehensive editorial workflows and metadata operations for a leading global open-access journal directory, ensuring adherence to international publishing standards and enhancing digital infrastructure.
Highlights
Managed intricate editorial workflows for hundreds of open-access journals annually, ensuring rigorous compliance with metadata and quality standards across a diverse global portfolio.
Developed and delivered impactful training programs to journal editors worldwide, covering critical topics such as indexing, open-access policies, and metadata best practices, significantly enhancing global publishing capabilities.
Spearheaded the resolution of complex technical metadata issues, ensuring seamless integration and interoperability within global indexing systems like Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, and DOAB.
Contributed to strategic initiatives for enhancing research communication and digital infrastructure, integrating advanced AI tools to streamline processes and improve accessibility.
Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Summary
Represents the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) in Türkiye, actively promoting open-access principles and fostering strategic partnerships within the academic and publishing communities.
Highlights
Led advocacy efforts to promote open-access book publishing standards and best practices, engaging with numerous academic institutions and publishers across Türkiye.
Facilitated increased engagement with the Turkish scholarly community, resulting in a growth in submissions and improved adherence to DOAB indexing criteria.
Cultivated key relationships and strategic partnerships with national stakeholders to expand the reach and impact of open-access initiatives, fostering equitable knowledge dissemination in the region.
Languages
English
Turkish
Skills
Metadata Management
Metadata Quality Assurance, Crossref, DOAJ, DOAB, OpenAIRE.
Publishing Operations
Editorial Operations, Publishing Ethics, Scholarly Communication, Open Access Policy.
Academic Indexing & Databases
Scopus, Web of Science (WoS), DOAJ, DOAB.
Capacity Building & Outreach
Institutional Capacity Building, Outreach, Researcher Education.
Digital Publishing Platforms
OJS, XML, CSV, CMS.
Emerging Technologies
AI Applications in Research, AI in Education.
Intercultural Communication
Multilingual Engagement, Intercultural Engagement.