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General Criteria for Publishing High
Quality Open Access Journals -Checklist
Susan Veldsman
Scholarly Publishing Programme
Increase visibility, accessibility & searchability of SA accredited scholarly journals
Improve quality of SA scholarly journals, books & conference proceedings
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Strategic Objective 1
Strategic Objective 2
Peer-review of Journals (1)• In 2007 ASSAf, with the support of the NSEF, was mandated by
the Department of Education and the Department of Science and Technology to carry out peer reviews of all SA research journals.
• In response to the need for a system of quality assurance for scholarly journals that are accredited by the DHET.
• Subject grouped titles sharing a particular broad disciplinary focus.
• The report makes recommendations to DHET in terms of DHET accreditation and SciELO SA inclusion. The report also includes the findings of the Peer Review Panel in terms of the journal’s quality and operations.
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Peer-review of Journals • Titles reviewed to date: 145
Agriculture, Social Sciences, Religion, Health, Law and Humanities: Language and Linguistics
• Titles to be reviewed (current): 162
Currently under review
• Engineering and Architecture (15)
• Humanities II: Visual and Performing Arts (10)
• Communication and Information Science (14)
Panels being established
• Education (17)
• Politics, History and Philosophy (26)
• Mathematics and Science (22)
Panels to be established
• Economics and Business Management (27)
• Other disciplines (31)
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PRELIMINARY QUESTIONNAIRE DIRECTED TO EDITORS BY THE PEER REVIEW PANEL
Please type in a short answer, just after each question, and send us your consolidated response as an MSWord document.
You are requested to examine hard copies of issues published over the last 3 years of the above-listed
journals in your institutional library, and, if at all possible, to provide opinions on/answers to all the questions
listed under item (1) below (these are primarily focused on the content and significance of the journals, and not on operational issues) :
Item 1: Do the hard copies of the last 2-3 years of issues of the journal reflect:
1. high national/international disciplinary reputations/standing of the editor-in-chief/ associate editors/members of the editorial board?
2. a high/good (general/average) quality of the articles accepted/published?
3. a (contextually) adequate/good number of articles per annum?
4. an (adequate/good) sample of the best work done in the country in the discipline/field?
5. a focus on local/regional kinds of materials/problems?
6. publication of articles by authors from across the country, and internationally?
7. useful additional scholarly features like editorials, topical reviews, book reviews, scholarly correspondence, etc?
8. proper (English-language) abstracts for all articles?
9. suitable publication of errata?
1.10 good citation practice?
1.10 good presentation, lay-out, style and copy-editing interventions?
1.10 suitability as a general on-going stimulus for local graduate
students/young staff in the discipline concerned?
1.11 some kind of comparability with leading international journals in the
field?
Item 2: You are also requested to provide suggestions for an improvement programme for each of the journals concerned?
QUESTIONNAIRE DIRECTED TO EDITORS BY
THE PEER REVIEW PANEL
Please type in a short answer, just after each question, and send us your
consolidated response as an MSWord document.
(a) Editorial process-related criteria (generally based on the “National Code of
Best Practice in Editorial discretion and Peer Review” developed by ASSAf):
- For how many years has your journal been published?
- Have there been significant interruptions in publication?
- How many peer-reviewed original papers have you published during the last three
years: Articles?
Letter-type articles?
Reviews?
- How many manuscripts (of all three types) were received in the same period?
- Approximately how many manuscripts of all three types were rejected without peer
review?
- What proportion of papers of all three types that you published had at least one
author with a non-South African address?
http://www.assaf.org.za/index.php/publications/evidence-based-reports
Online Journal System (OJS) Pilot Project
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http://journals.assaf.org.za/
Trusted List of OA Journal Titles
• Journal management & publishing system, web site – all in one
• Licensed as Open Source Software
• Developed by Public Knowledge Project (PKP) & Simon Fraser University
• Community of developers
• Download and install on local server https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/
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DOAJ
• Publish in journals accredited by the SA Dept. Of Higher Education and Training (DHET) (± R 118 000-00 per article)
• See 6 lists accredited by DHET
• High Impact Factor (IF) journals
• International acknowledged journals specially those in their fields
What do Authors prefer?
About the Journal
Journal Articles - technical
Journal Articles - content
Journal Financial Sustainability
Journal Visibility & Impact
Journal Guidelines
Journal Policies & Statements
Journal Roles & Responsibilities
Publishing agreement• Right to publish
• Assign DOI
• Copyright author
• Author warranties
• Not published before
• Not under consideration with other journals
• Unlawful statements
• Defamatory material
• Ethics
• All authors listed
• Have rights to publish
• IR depositing
• ASSAf
• When accepted—ASSAf must publish
• Not accepted—author free to publish elsewhere
• All the authors must sign agreement
Layout and Design
File Formats: PDF
Author names, affiliations and contact information clearly visible. Space options for ORCIDs.
How to cite information, with the DOIdisplayed.
Licencing information
Clickable DOI in reference list, for easy citation information
EPUB In-article table of contents. With clickable links
Ability to enlarge letter size. Compatible with screen sizes.
EPUB
Links to online citationsSearch ability and screen size adaption
Your Journal Online
Google Analytics
In-depth analytics on site visits, bounce rates and page views
Customisable timeline
Browser data
Overview of countries with most visitsEasy reporting on
monthly/quarterly/annual or per issue details
Dissemination of your content
Electronic Newsletters and Table of Contents
Electronic highlights email with each issue, using Mailchimp.com
Access to the full issues
Links to social media pages
Full electronic Table of Contents
Mailchimp is a free-to-use online service for building and sending electronic newsletters.
• To generate a wider interest and increase awareness from the public • To create a large following• To encourage interaction and build relationships with readers and to provide a platform for authors and readers
to communicate with the SAJS• To encourage submissions, downloads/access• To encourage visibility of the journal
Social Media
Questions? Thank you!
Susan VeldsmanDirector: ASSAf Scholarly Publishing Unit