Introduction to J-STAGE

August 18, 2017

Japan Science and Technology Agency

Department of Databases for Information and Knowledge Infrastructure

KAIBE Kenji

2017 International Conference on Integrated Development of Digital Publishing and Digital Libraries

Agenda

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１．Overview of J-STAGE２．Functions / Features３．Recent Development and Improvement

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https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/

J-STAGE search

What is J-STAGE ?

Largest platform of publishing electronic journals for Japanese society since 1999titles : 2,294 Articles : 3,676,181

(including Proceedings) (As of July 24, 2017)

About 90% of journals are free

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https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/

J-STAGE search

To disseminate Japan’s scientific and technological publications including Humanities and Social SciencesTo promote open access ※There’re authentication options for paid journalsTo provide academic societies with functions to create, publish and operate their data.

What is J-STAGE ?

Outline

Objectives

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Background and Mission

Developmental background

Mission

2012 J-STAGE3Merged with Journal@rchive, renewed the site design and user interface,changed the data format to XML, enhanced the selling function.Nov. 2015 Enhanced the categories of publications.

2016 Journals from NII-ELS started to publish onJ-STAGE.

History

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1999 J-STAGEStarted its service aiming to promotedissemination of journals publishedby Japanese academic societies

2003 J-STAGE2Added functions of cross search, My J-STAGE, advance publication, full text HTML, etc.

2005- 2011Digitized 169 million articlesfrom past issues ofimportant journals.

Added categories

Closing of NII-ELS

Mainlypeer-reviewed

journals

Materials Examples ICON

1. Journals Scholarly journals

2. Research Reports /Technical Reports

• Technical Reports published by companies• Research Reports published by universities

and research institutes

3. Proceedings • Proceedings / summaries of conference

4. Magazines• Magazines to enhance understanding of

science and technology• Industrial paper / magazines etc.

5. others • Research materials• statistical data materials etc.

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2015 -

Publication Category

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Promoting collaboration with other information services

Other services

meta data

Linking from other services

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Platform of publishing electronic journals for Japanese societies

(provided by JST)

Publishers Users

Registering articles(Publishers/authors) Holding copyright of articlesControlling the operating policy

Ex ) - Open access or not - Back Numbers

Register Open access

Reading articlesUtilizing functions of J-STAGE

Example:1. Search articles etc.2. My J-STAGE - keep favorite articles/journals etc.- receive alert mails.

Roles of Publishers / JST /users

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１．Overview of J-STAGE２．Functions / Features３．Recent Development and Improvement

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J-STAGE Top Page

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Journal Top Page

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Article page

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１．Overview of J-STAGE２．Functions / Features３．Recent Development and Improvement

Improvement of User Interface

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New interface beta site https://jstagebeta.jst.go.jp/

- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

- Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

- Mechanical Engineering Letters

J-STAGE betaWe have launched the beta version of J-STAGE with improved user interface and latest standards from global e-journal platforms. J-STAGE offers you a taste of the new browsing experience by launching the BETA sites for the following three journals.

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Goals■International journal platform design- To attract more readers/authors from overseas.

■Detailed information about journals- To clarify the objectives and features of journals so that readers/authors may be encouraged to access the journal.

■Easy to read on mobile devices- To get more access

■Related information- To provide more information- To get more access

Aiming to strengthen dissemination of research results from Japan

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Thank you for your kind attention

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