Canadian Association of Learned Journals

Name

Canadian Association of Learned Journals

Legal name

Canadian Association of Learned Journals (CALJ) / Association canadienne des revues savantes (ACRS)

Website

https://calj-acrs.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

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Product category

Professional Association Services for Scholarly Publishing

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarly Society & Association Publishing (EDAGAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK)

Keywords

• Scholarly journal publishing
• Professional association services
• Membership dues
• Academic publishing advocacy
• Open access publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Winnipeg

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: CALJ generates revenue through annual membership fees structured by revenue tiers for journal publishers, with separate fee schedules for multi-journal hosting organizations, libraries, individual professionals, students, and partner organizations. Membership fees range from $30 (students) to $1,050 (not-for-profit journal publishers) annually, based on the member's revenue or organizational type.

Pricing tiers

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CALJ is a non-profit professional membership association that sells annual memberships to provide scholarly journal publishers with advocacy, professional development, industry resources, and networking opportunities. Its core deliverables include the annual conference at Congress, member-only webinars, the Best Practices Guide to Scholarly Journal Publishing, the Journals Freelancers Directory, the bilingual Journals AI Statement Template, and the SRC/CALJ Journal Innovation Award program. Membership tiers are priced based on organizational revenue and type.

Product overview

The Canadian Association of Learned Journals (CALJ) is a membership-based professional association serving the Canadian scholarly journal publishing community since 1990. CALJ offers a portfolio of services including professional development through webinars and educational resources, membership directory services, a freelancers directory for journal publishing needs, and industry resources such as best practices guides and legal documents. The organization also provides a bilingual AI Statement Template tool for journals to develop AI policies, operates the SRC/CALJ Journal Innovation Award program, and facilitates marketing/promotion opportunities through Congress events. CALJ's primary offerings are membership-based services supporting over 200 journal professionals including journal managers and scholars serving as editors.

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Products and services

• Annual CALJ Membership Annual membership subscriptions for Canadian scholarly journal publishers, multi-journal hosting organizations, libraries, individual professionals, students, and partner organizations. Membership tiers are priced based on revenue or organizational type, ranging from $30 (student) to $1,050 (not-for-profit journal publishers) annually, and provide access to member-only resources, webinars, the annual conference, and the membership directory.
• Professional Development Programs Professional development services for journal managers and editors, including members-only webinars on topics such as OJS publishing, equity/diversity/inclusion, social media strategies, data management, and AI statement development for scholarly journals.
• Best Practices Guide to Scholarly Journal Publishing A comprehensive guide providing best practices for scholarly journal publishing, available in 1997 and 2007 editions, providing member journals with guidance on editorial, production, and publishing standards.
• Journals Freelancers Directory A curated directory of freelancers specializing in journal publishing services, including copyeditors, proofreaders, managing editors, and typesetters, available to member journals seeking specialized publishing services.
• Journals AI Statement Template A bilingual template developed to help Canadian scholarly journals create policies and statements regarding the use of artificial intelligence in their publishing processes. Available to CALJ members.
• SRC/CALJ Journal Innovation Award Annual award program recognizing innovation implemented by Canadian scholarly journals, focused on enhancing readership and engagement with journal content. The winner receives a certificate and free annual CALJ membership.
• Scholarly Publishing Resources Library Extensive online resource library compiled by Larissa Wodke at the University of Winnipeg, containing articles, seminars, workshops, and videos on launching journals, production technologies, editorial issues and ethics, and marketing and sales for scholarly publishing.

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and major.

• Réseau CircéminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 March 2025Réseau Circé mobilizes the scholarly publishing community of Quebec to promote scientific publication in French. Funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec, it provides support for French-language scientific journals to facilitate the transition to immediate Open Access diamond model. CALJ hosted a joint webinar on March 26, 2025.
• Coalition PublicacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition Publica is a partnership between Érudit (Canada's national social sciences and humanities journal dissemination platform) and the Public Knowledge Project (developers of OJS). CALJ collaborates with Coalition Publica to support sustainable Open Access for Canadian journals. Coalition Publica provides financial support to participating journals via the Partnership for Open Access.
• Public Knowledge ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCALJ collaborates with the Public Knowledge Project to promote electronic editions and/or back issue content online for member journals.
• ÉruditcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCALJ sits on the advisory committee of Érudit's study of the financial situation of Canadian learned journals. Érudit is Canada's national social sciences and humanities journal dissemination platform.
• CARL (Canadian Association of Research Libraries)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCALJ collaborated with CARL to submit a project to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to establish a consensus on how an Open Access publishing model can be implemented.
• C4DISC (Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCALJ is a member of C4DISC, which has been adopted by 160 organizations. C4DISC's mission includes eliminating barriers to participation, creating inclusive environments, promoting diversity, and supporting EDI within scholarly communications.
• SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)majorOthersCALJ maintains liaison with SSHRC and has collaborated with CARL on submitting projects to SSHRC regarding Open Access publishing models. SSHRC is a key funding body for Canadian scholarly research.

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Recent moves6 records

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Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles1 record

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