THOMSON REUTERS JOURNAL SELECTION PROCESS
Mariana Boletta Intellectual Property & Science SEARCHING IN A WORLD OF INFORMATION EXPLOSION
10,000+ 5,000,000+ 110,000 Conference papers Conferences Science, Social Science Arts & Humanities journals 50,000+ Academic books 12,000,000+ Patents (per year) 80 million+ ¿POR QUÉ SER SELECTIVO? Gene Sequences
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1 JOURNALS MUST BE SELECTED
papers will be read by a 200+ researcher in a year, on average of journals (50,000+) on average a scientist is capable 0.4% of reading in a year.
Tenopir C. What Scientists Really Need. In: American Association for the
Advancement of Science Meeting (AAAS). Washington D.C.; 2005. 2
Sólo las revistas incluidas en la colección núcleo se evalúan For decades, Thomson Reuters has carefully evaluated journals for potential inclusion in the database
La mayoría de los artículos importantes se publican en una cantidad relativamente pequeña de revistas especializadas
GOLD STANDARD used by 5,000+ institutions in 100+ countries Nuestra misión es actualizar la cobertura de las revistas especializadas en Web of Science
JOURNAL SELECTION : MAIN OBJECTIVES
1. To evaluate and select the best scholarly journal content available today for coverage in Web of Science. As a result, the Web of Science is known as the worldwide source for top tier scholarly research published in the best international and regional journals. 2. Provide the worldwide publishing community with objective standards useful in building world-class publications. Thomson Reuters has built lasting partnerships with the global scholarly publishing community. We work together to improve the quality of scholarly communication everywhere in the world.
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The value of the collection is maintained through a continuous selection process
Este núcleo no es estático - la evaluación como la selección de las revistas especializadas son permanentes
Core coverage in the Web of Science 4000+ is not static
Each year over 4000 journals are evaluated The value of the collection is maintained through a a rigorous selection process
10 ~ 12% Accepted
4000+ Las revistas especializadas que se están cubriendo actualmente se controlan para asegurar que mantengan altos estándares Si desea recomendar una revista para evaluación
• Check existing coverage • Ensure that the journal meets basic selection criteria outlined in the selection essay • Contact Publisher Relations and fill out the journal submission form with all required information Who can submit a journal for evaluation?
Editors and publishers can submit journals; we also receive recommendations from the academic community and customers
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Objective unbiased approach
Neutral, objective approach to each journal:
Regardless of publisher magnitude, reputation, country of origin, field of research
Cada revista es evaluado por sus propios méritos PROCESO DE SELECCIÓN DE REVISTAS ESPECIALIZADAS DE THOMSON REUTERS
Journal Editorial International Citation Publishing Content Diversity Analysis Standards A list of current journals in collection http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl Journal Selection Process for Web of Science
Journal Editorial International Citation Publishing Content Diversity/ Analysis Standards Target Audience
Four Points of Evaluation
NORMAS CONTENIDO DIVERSIDAD ANÁLISIS DE BÁSICAS DE EDITORIAL INTERNACIONAL CITAS LA REVISTA
A complex process – no one factor is considered in isolation Journal Selection Process for Web of Science La puntualidad de la publicación
Journal Editorial International Citation Publishing Content Diversity/ Analysis Standards Target Audience
• Timeliness of publication • International Editorial Conventions Tres ediciones actuales consecutivas • English language Bibliographic Information • Peer Review La puntualidad de la publicación • A journal must be published according to its stated publication schedule • Must receive three current issues in sequence to begin evaluation
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The content is robust with sufficient manuscripts in the pipeline Journal Selection Process for Web of Science: Convenciones editoriales internacionales
Journal Editorial International Citation Publishing Content Diversity/ Analysis Standards Target Audience
• Timeliness of publication • International Editorial Conventions • English language Bibliographic Information • Peer Review Convenciones editoriales internacionales
Informative Journal titles
Fully descriptive Article titles and abstracts
Full address information for every author
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Complete bibliographic information for all cited references
17 Journal Selection Process for Web of Science
Journal Editorial International Citation Publishing Content Diversity/ Analysis Standards Target Audience
• Timeliness of publication • International Editorial Información bibliográfica en Conventions inglés • English language Bibliographic Information • Peer Review Información bibliográfica en inglés
• Article titles • Author names and addresses • Cited references in the Roman alphabet • Abstracts and Keywords English language Bibliographic Information
However, English language content is not always essential in some areas of the Arts & Humanities such as national literature studies where full text in the native language is normal. Journal Selection Process for Web of Science
Journal Editorial International Citation Publishing Content Diversity/ Analysis Standards Target Audience
• Timeliness of publication • International Editorial Conventions • English language Bibliographic Information • Peer Review Funding source is also recommended whenever possible Journal Selection Process for Web of Science: CONTENIDO EDITORIAL
Journal Editorial International Citation Publishing Content Diversity/ Analysis Standards Target Audience • How does this journal compare with covered journals of similar scope? • Is this subject already well covered? • Will this journal enrich WoS with Determinar si el novelcontenido content? de una revista en evaluación enriquece la base de dato What journals are covered in a specific subject category? What journals are covered in a specific subject Whatcategory? journals are covered in specific subject category? Journal Selection Process for Web of Science DIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL
Journal Editorial International Citation Publishing Content Diversity/ Analysis Standards Target Audience
• Does this journal target an International or Regional audience? • Do authors, editors, Editorial Advisory Board members represent the international research community? Do the contributing authors, EAB EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD represent the international research Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Pratumthani, Thailand Roberto Badaro, Salvador, Brazil community ? Carol J. Baker, Houston Fernando Baquero, Madrid, Spain John G. Bartlett, Baltimore Stephen G. Baum, New York Publication Name=(Clinical Infectious Diseases ) John E. Bennett, Bethesda Impact Factor (2012) : 9.374 Emilio Bouza, Madrid, Spain
Yehuda Carmeli, Tel Aviv, Israel G. Ralph Corey, Durham Erika M.C. D'Agata, Boston
Silvano Esposito, Naples, Italy
Javier Garau, Barcelona, Spain
Jose M. Gatell, Barcelona, Spain
M. Lindsay Grayson, Melbourne, Australia
James G. Hakim, Harare, Zimbabwe
Carol A. Kauffman, Ann Arbor Keith P. Klugman, Atlanta
Countries / territories Umesh G. Lalloo, Congella, South Africa
15 represented Stephen D. Lawn, Cape Town, South Africa in article level (Web of Science) Catherine Leport, Paris, France 9 Daniel P. Lew, Geneva, Switzerland Lionel A. Mandell, Hamilton, Canada Source: Thomson Reuters Web of Science (as of 18 October Source:Jeanne http://cid.oxfordjournals.org M. Marrazzo, Seattle (as of 18 October 2013) 2013) Thomas J. Marrie, Halifax, Canada Daniel M. Musher, Houston
Carl Erik Nord, Stockholm, Sweden
Timothy Peto, Oxford, England
Didier Raoult, Marseille, France
Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios, Tlalpan, Mexico
Marisela Silva, Caracas, Venezuela
Vincent Soriano, Madrid, Spain
Soumya Swaminathan, Chennai, India Joseph M. Vinetz, La Jolla
Gui-Qiang Wang, Beijing, China
Andreas F. Widmer, Basel, Switzerland
Kwok-yung Yuen, Hong Kong, China
Anita K. M. Zaidi, Karachi, Pakistan Abigail D. Zuger, New York The need for international diversity is viewed in relationship to the target audience for the journal
Investigación científica actual en un contexto global
Publication Name=(Neurological Research)
60 International Countries / audience territories The need for international diversity is viewed in relationship to the target audience for the journal
Publication Name=(Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology)
34 Regional Countries / focus territories
Source: Thomson Reuters Web of Science (as of 18 October 2013) Regional Journals: Revistas de ámbito regional
• From 2007-2009 • focused on a collection of more than 10,000 regional journals Criterios de selección par las revistas regionales • 1600 met the review standards for inclusion in the Web of Science
• accounting for 55% of all new journals indexed between 2005- 2010 Regional coverage is still added and the core collection enriched by regional citation indexes.
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31 Regional Journals
¿Enriquecerá nuestra cobertura de un tema específico o proporcionará estudios con una perspectiva regional específica?
• Importance is measured in terms of content specificity: – Will it enrich coverage of a subject? – Will it provide specific regional perspective? • Publish excellent research targeted at a regional rather than international audience • Citation Impact may be low to moderate – but stable • Regional journals meet all journal selection criteria
32 Journal Selection Process for Web of Science ANÁLISIS DE CITAS
Journal Editorial International Citation Publishing Content Diversity/ Analysis Standards Target Audience
• New journals - Citations to authors’ and editors’ prior work. • Established Journals - Estimated Impact Factor - How the journal compares to other journals in its field Has the journal been cited in the Web of Science ?
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5 34 Has the journal been cited in the Web of Science ? Identifying the papers that cited your journal Calculation of Impact Factor Time
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 All Previous Years
2012 Impact Factor Citations Source paper – published in 2012
Cited reference – published in 2010 or 2011
Cites in 2012 to 2010 and 2011 papers Impact Factor (2012) = Scholarly items published in 2010 and 2011
The average number of citations in 2012 to scholarly material that was published in the prior two years 37 Calculation of Impact Factor Journal: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW Categories: BUSINESS / MANAGEMENT
38 La autocita tiene el potencial de Self citation distorsionar la función real del título Journal: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia-Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy
Effect of Self Citations on rank in category: From Q1 To Q4 •Chemistry, Medicinal •Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal was suppressed from 2010 JCR Source: 2009 JCR Most journals have self- citation rates of less than 85% or equal to 15% Source: JCR Science Edition (2010)
• Excessive self-citation weakens the integrity of the journal’s Impact Factor
• Journals with excessive self-citation may be suppressed from Journal Citation Reports until the problem is corrected
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COUNTRY # TITLES BRAZIL 135 CHILE 47 MEXICO 43 COLOMBIA 19 ARGENTINA 19 VENEZUELA 10 PERU 1 JAMAICA 1 COSTA RICA 1 How Can I Improve My Journal? 1. Enrollment of more internationally high impact researcher in journal editorial board 2. Active recruitment of high-impact articles by courting researchers • New England J Med 3. More careful article selection • Ann Intern Med • BMJ • JAMA 4. Offering authors better services • Lancet • Med J Australia • Can Med Assn J 5. Boosting the journal’s media profile
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