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THOMSON REUTERS JOURNAL SELECTION

PROCESS

Mariana Boletta

Intellectual Property & Science

12,000,000+ Patents (per year)

5,000,000+ Conference papers

50,000+ Academic books

10,000+ Science, Social Science

Arts & Humanities journals

80 million+ Gene Sequences

110,000 Conferences

SEARCHING IN A WORLD OF INFORMATION EXPLOSION

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Information≠Knowledge

¿POR QUÉ SER SELECTIVO?

JOURNALS MUST BE SELECTED

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papers will be read by a

researcher in a year, on

average

200+

of journals (50,000+) on

average a scientist is capable

of reading in a year. 0.4%

Tenopir C. What Scientists Really Need. In: American Association for the

Advancement of Science Meeting (AAAS). Washington D.C.; 2005.

Sólo las revistas incluidas en la colección núcleo se evalúan

For decades, Thomson Reuters has carefully evaluated journals for potential inclusion in the database

GOLD STANDARD

used by 5,000+ institutions in 100+ countries

La mayoría de los artículos importantes se publican en una cantidad relativamente pequeña de revistas especializadas

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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Nuestra misión es actualizar la cobertura de las revistas especializadas en Web of Science

The value of the collection is maintained through a continuous selection process

4000+

Each year over 4000 journals are evaluated

Core coverage in the Web of Science is not static

Este núcleo no es estático - la evaluación como la selección de las revistas especializadas son permanentes

The value of the collection is maintained through a a rigorous selection process

4000+

10 ~ 12% Accepted

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

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Who can submit a journal for evaluation?

Editors and publishers can submit journals; we also

receive recommendations from the academic community

and customers

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

A complex process – no one factor is considered in isolation

NORMAS BÁSICAS DE LA REVISTA

CONTENIDO EDITORIAL

DIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL

ANÁLISIS DE CITAS

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

Ja

n

Mar May Jul Sep Nov

Journal

Issue 1

Journal

Issue 2

Journal

Issue 3

Journal

Issue 4

Journal

Issue 5

Journal

Issue 6

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

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Informative Journal titles

Convenciones editoriales internacionales

Fully descriptive Article titles

and abstracts

Full address information for

every author

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Convenciones editoriales internacionales

Complete bibliographic

information for all cited

references

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

novel content? Determinar si el contenido de una revista en evaluación enriquece la base de dato

What journals are covered in a specific subject

category?

What journals are covered in specific subject category?

What journals are covered in a 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?

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

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

Jeanne M. Marrazzo, Seattle

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

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Countries / territories

represented

in article level (Web of Science)

Do the contributing authors, EAB

represent the international research

community ?

Source: http://cid.oxfordjournals.org (as of 18 October

2013)

Source: Thomson Reuters Web of Science (as of 18 October

2013)

Publication Name=(Neurological Research)

The need for international diversity is viewed in

relationship to the target audience for the journal

60 Countries /

territories

International

audience

Investigación científica actual en un contexto global

Publication Name=(Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology)

34 Countries /

territories

The need for international diversity is viewed in

relationship to the target audience for the journal

Regional

focus

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

• accounting for 55% of all new

journals indexed between 2005-2010

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Regional coverage is still added and the core

collection enriched by regional citation indexes.

Criterios de selección par las revistas regionales

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Regional Journals

Regional Journals

• 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

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¿Enriquecerá nuestra cobertura de un tema específico o proporcionará estudios con una perspectiva regional específica?

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

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Has the journal been cited in the Web of Science

?

Has the journal been cited in the Web of Science

?

Identifying the papers that cited your

journal

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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

2012 2011 2010

Source paper – published in 2012

Cited reference – published in 2010 or 2011

Citations

2012 Impact Factor

All

Previous

Years

2009 2013

Time

Calculation of Impact

Factor

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Calculation of Impact

Factor

Journal: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW

Categories: BUSINESS / MANAGEMENT

Source: 2009

JCR Journal was suppressed from 2010 JCR

Effect of Self Citations

on rank in category:

From Q1

To Q4

•Chemistry, Medicinal

•Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Journal: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia-Brazilian Journal of

Pharmacognosy

La autocita tiene el potencial de distorsionar la función real del título

Self citation

85%

Most journals have self-

citation 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

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200

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1400

#WoS Core Titles # SCIELO Titles # All WoS# Titles 276 736 1400

276

736

1400

# Titles

# WoS Core Titles by Domain

0

50

100

150

200

250

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

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

3. More careful article selection

4. Offering authors better services

5. Boosting the journal’s media profile

• New England J Med

• Ann Intern Med

• BMJ • JAMA

• Lancet • Med J Australia

• Can Med Assn J

M. Chew, E. V. Villanueva, and M. B. Van Der Weyden, Journal of the Royal

Society of Medicine 100 (3), 142 (2007).

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