About Us
University Director for Scientific Publications
A university-level position that is appointed by the President through the recommendation of the Vice-President for Research and Development. The UD-SP shall assist the VPRD in the implementation of activities related to the university journal publications.
The Office of the Scientific Publications is the publishing arm of the Office of Research and Development. It oversees the publication of the University-managed Journal of Agriculture and Technology Management (JATM), and the establishment of other relevant University Journals according to international standards. Also, it initiates the implementation of publication writing workshops to propel and empower all faculty to publish their scholarly works not only in the University-managed publication, but also in other reputable and high-impact journals here in and outside of the Philippines. Moreover, it holds a listing of all publications by the faculty in ISI-, SCOPUS-, ACI- indexed and other high-impact journals.
USPO shall determine the reputability of a journal for scientific publication of the faculty and students. It is also responsible for the management of the University Journals and oversees coordination of the publisher, editorial teams, and peer review functions to ensure optimal research dissemination through journal publications. It shall coordinate with other offices under OVPRD in the awarding of CTU Publication and Innovation Awards and other grants with publication requirements.
VISION
To make every faculty a publishing faculty.
MISSION
To create every opportunity for faculty to publish in scholarly and high-impact journals.
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
This Office was created in January 2020. Originally, it was named as the University Journal Publications but was later on changed to the Office of Scientific Publications. It was formed because of the need to provide assistance and capacity-building sessions to all faculty within the University to write scholarly articles and publish them.
CONTACT INFORMATION
- Allemar Jhone P. Delima, Ph.D.
- University Director of the Office of the Scientific Publications
- allemarjhone.delima@ctu.edu.ph