The African Journal on Conflict Resolution (AJCR) has been operating as a Diamond open access journal for the past 25 years. It is housed within and published by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) which is a non-profit organization based in South Africa, operating throughout Africa.

ACCORD has initiated a project to help the journal to navigate a complex publishing landscape that is increasingly being influenced by large language models and artificial intelligence (AI); to build capacity of its editorial staff, and to sustain visibility through hosting on a public journal management system.

The editorial team will undergo training in AI in journal publishing, the use of plagiarism software, and copyediting to save the costs of outsourcing this task in future. Training will build the skills and knowledge required to uphold ethical publishing practices, adding to the credibility of the journal as a trusted academic source. 

The project is among 30  that have received grant support through a three-year project to strengthen no-fee open access publishing in Africa implemented by EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network), with funding from Wellcome.

Activities

• Implementing plagiarism software
• Building capacity of editorial staff in the use of plagiarism software, copyediting and ethical publishing practices
• Hosting the journal on the public online journal management system, Khulisa, provided by the Academy of Science of South Africa

Timeline

September 2025 - August 2026

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