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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

Thank you!

Ina Smith

SciELO Planning Manager

ina@assaf.org.za