THOMSON REUTERS JOURNAL SELECTION PROCESS Mariana Boletta Intellectual Property & Science
SEARCHING IN A WORLD OF INFORMATION EXPLOSION 10,000+ Science, Social Science Arts & Humanities journals 12,000,000+ Patents (per year) POR QUÉ SER SELECTIVO? 5,000,000+ Conference papers 50,000+ Academic books 80 million+ Gene Sequences 110,000 Conferences Information Knowledge 1
JOURNALS MUST BE SELECTED 200+ papers will be read by a researcher in a year, on average of journals (50,000+) on 0.4% average a scientist is capable 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. 5
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 4000+ Core coverage in the Web of Science 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 8
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 Publishing Standards Editorial Content International Diversity Citation Analysis
A list of current journals in collection http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl
Journal Selection Process for Web of Science Journal Publishing Standards Editorial Content International Diversity/ Target Audience Citation Analysis Four Points of Evaluation NORMAS BÁSICAS DE LA REVISTA CONTENIDO EDITORIAL DIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL ANÁLISIS DE CITAS A complex process no one factor is considered in isolation
Journal Selection Process for Web of Science La puntualidad de la publicación Journal Publishing Standards Editorial Content International Diversity/ Target Audience Citation Analysis Timeliness of publication International Editorial Conventions English language Bibliographic Information Peer Review Tres ediciones actuales consecutivas
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 Journal Journal Journal Journal Journal Journal Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 4 Issue 5 Issue 6 Ja n Mar May Jul Sep Nov The content is robust with sufficient manuscripts in the pipeline
Journal Selection Process for Web of Science: Convenciones editoriales internacionales Journal Publishing Standards Editorial Content International Diversity/ Target Audience Citation Analysis 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 16
Convenciones editoriales internacionales Complete bibliographic information for all cited references 17
Journal Selection Process for Web of Science Journal Publishing Standards Editorial Content International Diversity/ Target Audience Citation Analysis Timeliness of publication International Editorial Conventions English language Bibliographic Information Peer Review Información bibliográfica en inglés
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 Publishing Standards Editorial Content International Diversity/ Target Audience Citation Analysis 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 Publishing Standards Editorial Content International Diversity/ Target Audience Citation Analysis 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 novel contenido 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 What category? journals are covered in specific subject category?
Journal Selection Process for Web of Science DIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL Journal Publishing Standards Editorial Content International Diversity/ Target Audience Citation Analysis 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 represent the international research community? Publication Name=(Clinical Infectious Diseases ) Impact Factor (2012) : 9.374 EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Pratumthani, Thailand Roberto Badaro, Salvador, Brazil Carol J. Baker, Houston Fernando Baquero, Madrid, Spain John G. Bartlett, Baltimore Stephen G. Baum, New York John E. Bennett, Bethesda 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 15 9 Countries / territories represented in article level (Web of Science) Source: Thomson Reuters Web of Science (as of 18 October 2013) Carol A. Kauffman, Ann Arbor Keith P. Klugman, Atlanta Umesh G. Lalloo, Congella, South Africa Stephen D. Lawn, Cape Town, South Africa Catherine Leport, Paris, France Daniel P. Lew, Geneva, Switzerland Lionel A. Mandell, Hamilton, Canada Source: Jeanne http://cid.oxfordjournals.org M. Marrazzo, Seattle (as of 18 October 2013)
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) International audience 60 Countries / 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) Regional focus 34 Countries / 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 1600 met the review standards for inclusion in the Web of Science Criterios de selección par las revistas regionales 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. 30
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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 Publishing Standards Editorial Content International Diversity/ Target Audience Citation Analysis 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? 2 1 4 3 5 34
Has the journal been cited in the Web of Science?
Identifying the papers that cited your journal
Time Calculation of Impact Factor All Previous Years 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 Impact Factor Citations Source paper published in 2012 Cited reference published in 2010 or 2011 Impact Factor (2012) = Cites in 2012 to 2010 and 2011 papers 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
Self citation La autocita tiene el potencial de 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
85% Most journals have selfcitation rates of less than 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
Latin American Titles In WoS 1400 1400 1200 1000 736 800 600 400 276 # Titles 200 0 #WoS Core Titles # SCIELO Titles # All WoS # Titles 276 736 1400
# WoS Core Titles by Domain 250 200 150 100 50 0 Science Social Sciences Humanities # WoS Core Titles % WoS Core
# WoS Core by Country COUNTRY # TITLES BRAZIL 135 CHILE 47 MEXICO 43 COLOMBIA 19 ARGENTINA 19 VENEZUELA 10 PERU 1 JAMAICA 1 COSTA RICA 1
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