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How to apply the principles of peer-review for
journal evaluation
Ove KählerSenior Product Manager Scopus
October 2009
“I want to provide my users with an all-science database,
which indexes all relevant content.”
Question: Who determines which journals are relevant?
2007
2009
User-centered
Mr. Ger SpikmanAgricultural & Biological Sciences; Immunology & Microbiology
Professor Jörg-Rüdiger SackComputer Science
Professor Karen Holland Nursing; Health Professions
Dr. Richard WhatmoreArts & Humanities
Professor James D. WrightSocial Sciences
Dr. Peter MillerPsychology, Dentistry & Veterinary Sciences
Professor & Chairman Peter StambrookPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience
Professor Peter BrimblecombeEarth & Planetary Science,Environmental Science
Dr. David RewMedicine
Dr. Evan BieskePhysics & Astronomy, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics, Energy, Material Sciences
Professor Gerard PfannEconomics/Business
Professor Manolis PapadrakakisEngineering
July 2009: 1st Board Meeting of Subject Chairs, Noordwijk (Netherlands)July 2009: 1st Board Meeting of Subject Chairs, Noordwijk (Netherlands)
“I want to provide my users with an all-science database,
which indexes all relevant content.”
Suggestor AdminElsevier
CSAB members:make selection based on region and/or subj. area(s)
Subject Chairs (SC’s):get titles assigned
based on their subject area(s)
Involvement of additional reviewers
(e.g. TCI)
Now
As of Q1 2010
Suggest s a title
http://suggestor.step.scopus.com/index.cfm
Incl. involvement of editors/ publishers
Scopus Title Evaluation Platform
(STEP)
2007
2009
Transparent &
consistent
Librarian: “I want to provide my users with an all-science database,
which indexes all relevant content.”
Question: Which criteria should drive the selection of journals?
• Peer-review• English abstracts• Regular publication
Librarian: “I want to provide my users with an all-science database,
which indexes all relevant content.”
