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
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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