Target groups (network, readership, distribution)

Academics as contributors

Readers of the articles

Reviewers

Authors

Indexers/Databases Purpose:
• Findability/Larger audience
• Trust/credibility
• Data about usage/citations

Web of Science/Knowledge
Social Science Citation Index

WoS Criteria
TIMELINESS
Peer-reviewed
Adding something to the field (top tier content)
Current Citation rate
Ethical publishing/editing (COPE)
Technical requirements (XML/PDF)/English metadata
International Editorial Conventions
Addressing international audience
English language (bibliographic info or full text)
Structured submission by Publisher
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DOAJ

DOAJ (already indexed)
Permanent Identifier – DOI
Safe Archive
Licensing information
Transparency (policy & practices)
APC info
Electronic formats

ERIH+

ERIH Criteria
Public Peer-review policy
Academic Editorial Board (university affiliated)
English abstracts
Author affiliations
At least 1/3 of authors from outside institution
More information

Norwegian List

Norwegian List – Level 1 (already indexed)
Peer-reviewed (statement)
Academic Editorial Board (PhD or Higher)
International (or national) authorship & readership (2/3 principle)
Norwegian research sector evaluation


Criteria for inclusion


Approval procedure

Norwegian List – Level 2
Leading it its field (top 20%)
Most important publications
International authorship & readership
Norwegian research sector evaluation
(Web of Science – Journal Citation Index)

SCOPUS

Scopus Criteria
Peer-review policy
Regular publishing
ISSN
International Audience
References & English Abstract
Publication Ethics statement
Full list of policy & selection

Latindex (already indexed)

HAPI (already indexed)

SciELO

SciELO Criteria
Previous approval (e.g. DOAJ, institutions)
Previous listings (e.g. WoS, Medline, PsycINFO)
Scientific Content
Peer-review
Editorial Board
Frequency (at least biannual & 10 articles per year, but desirable: 24 & 3 times)
At least four issues published
Timeliness
Title, abstract & keywords in English
Publishing standard
Authors must have affiliation
Approval by committee
Full list

Emerging Sources Citation Index

ESCI Criteria
Peer-reviewed
Ethical publishing/editing (COPE)
Technical requirements
English metadata
Recommended/requested by scholarly WoS users
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Perodicas Hispano America/Resumen Historico

ProQuest/EBSCO

Academics

Journalists

Students

Google Scholar (already indexed)

Own faculty evaluation - how do we address this?

Redalyc (currently investigating)

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