scholarly publishing report - ina smith
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Scholarly Publishing Report
Ina Smith
9 September 2015
National Scholarly Editors Forum
Scholarly Journal Initiatives - All
• Audit of SA journal titles: online presence, use of online journal management systems, indexing and more
• Review of National Code of Best Practice
• Wiki on Scholarly Publishing
• Webinar sessions to create awareness
• Analysis of criteria – WoS, IBSS, Norwegian List etc.
Scholarly Journal Initiatives - SciELO
• Implementation of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)
• Creative Commons Licenses
• Digital Preservation Strategy
• Researcher IDs (ORCID)
• Allocation of online ISSNs
• Online Journal Management System
SA Scholarly Journal Landscape (1)
• Feb – April 2015
• 303 DHET accredited journal titles (incl. DHET, WoS, IBSS) (2 discont.)
• 58 titles indexed by SciELO SA
• 146 Open Access (59 on Directory of Open Access Journals)
• 279 titles have a web page (154 have online ISSN)
• 65 titles indexed by WoS (20 on SciELO SA)
• 41 listed on IBSS
• 115 indexed by Scopus
• 163 titles peer-reviewed by ASSAf
• 47 titles published by Taylor & Francis
• Next: DOIs, ORCIDs, APCs
SA Scholarly Journal Landscape (2)
Journal Management System (OJS)
3 Pilot Journals
Pilot – March 2016
https://academyofsciencesa.wikispaces.com/
How do I apply for inclusion in Thomson Reuters?How do I apply for inclusion in IBSS?How do I determine the journal impact?How do I know whether a journal is a predatory journal?
• Webinar = Presentation, lecture, seminar workshop presented over web
• 1 hour interactive sessions in real time
• Follow from the comfort of your office
• Save costs, time, while staying abreast of new developments in scholarly publishing
• Good quality Internet & sound to follow
• Audience: researchers, publishers, librarians, students, more
Webinar sessions to create awareness (1)
Webinar sessions to create awareness (2)
Creative CommonsORCID
Next: Using OJS
DHET accredited journal titles
Directorate: University Policy and
Development Support
Communiqué 2 of 2015 – August 2015
Research Output Policy (2015)
https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/Forside.action?request_locale=en
• Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers
• Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)• Level 0: No funding for articles in journals (8 SA
journal titles)
• Level 1: Partially funded (123 SA journal titles)
• Level 2: Fully funded, high impact (0 SA journal titles)
Norwegian List
https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/Om.action?request_locale=en