November 2007
Based on the criteria defined by SciELO in 1999, and on the principle that the ... objective is to contribute to the development of national scientific research through the publication and evaluation of their results, making intensive use of electronic publishing, SciELO Advisory Committee, Costa Rica, has decided to adopt the following evaluation policy for admission and permanence of publications in the SciELO portal.
Thus, we propose to adapt the criteria established by SciELO as established between the functions of the Advisory Committee, which reads: Proposing amendments to the assessment criteria for admission and retention of journals in the collection. The policies below.
1. Automatic selection: Journals indexed in the following indices, will be automatically admitted SciELO-Costa Rica:
1. ISI
2. MEDLINE/Index Medicus
3. PsycInfo
4. REDALyC
5. LATINDEX admission will be a necessary starting point. Additionally, assess the quality of content.
2. Scientific: Journals should publish mainly original articles by 60% resulting from scientific research and / or significant for the specific area of the magazine. Journals can include other types of contributions, such as review articles, communications, reviews and case studies, which will not be considered as original articles.
SciELO Advisory Committee may seek the opinion of peers or experts to verify the predominance of original contributions.
3. Review and approval of contributions must be made by peers.
The journal must formally specify the procedure for approval of articles.
From admission SciELO the arbitration process must be documented.
The indication of the main dates of the arbitration process, including dates of
receipt and acceptance.
4. Editorial Board: The composition of the editorial board of the journal should be public. Its members should be recognized specialists in the country and abroad, duly identified in the publication.
Magazines that board members have a predominantly linked to an institution and /
or items mostly from a single institution or geographic region will not be
accepted.
5. Frequency: Frequency is an indicator of the flow of scientific production depends on the specific area addressed by the journal. It is also an indicator related to the timing and speed of communication.
|
Subject Area
|
Periodicity |
Number of articles per year |
||
|
mínima |
deseada |
mínimo |
deseado |
|
|
Agricultural and
Exact
|
semester |
quarterly |
16 |
36 |
|
Biomedical
|
quarterly |
quarterly |
30 |
50 |
|
Human |
semester |
quarterly |
10 |
24 |
|
Technology |
semester |
quarterly |
16 |
30 |
6. Duration: The journal must have published at least 4 issues to be considered for evaluation.
7.
Timeliness:
The journal
must
appear
on time
according to
their frequency.
In the
case of
semi-annual
review
is
deemed to
lose
its
timeliness
after
four
months of
the date
set for
each number.
8.
Abstracts,
keywords
and
title in English:
The
articles
should
contain
the title,
abstract
and
key words
in the
language
of
the text
of the
article
and
in
English,
when
this
is
not
the
language of
the text.
9.
Standardization: The
journal must specify which
(s)
standard
(s)
followed by
(s)
for presentation
and
structuring of
the text,
and for the
presentation
of citations
and keywords,
so that it is
possible to evaluate the
compliance
of
the standards listed.
While
recommending
the adoption
of
a
standard
for
citations
- as
ABNT,
ISO,
Vancouver
-
will be
accepted
other standards,
since
it has
been
clearly
indicated
the bibliographic format
to be
obeyed
by
the
authors.
10.
Affiliation
of
authors:
Manuscripts must contain
complete information about
the affiliation
of the
authors,
including
local
and institution
of origin,
city
and
country.
11. Quotes received: The magazine will present a citation index compatible with journals in the same area, verified from the citations of articles published in the SciELO Brazil collection.
12. Proceedings of the admissions process
The admission of a magazine in SciELO Costa Rica, should be made after a favorable National Advisory Committee. The assessment procedures include three aspects: (1) format, related to standards, (2) of inbreeding, in relation to the institutional and geographical concentration of the editorial board and authors, and (3) content to ensure scientific quality.
The evaluation of the format include the analysis of all the quality criteria
LATINDEX.
There are mandatory items and generally accepted at
least 80% compliance with those criteria.
Assessment of inbreeding is made from the membership of the editorial board
declared, reviewers and authors.
The verification of institutional trends and geographical concentration of these
elements is considered a negative result for the admission of the journal in the
collection.
This will assess compliance with criteria LATINDEX.
Journals satisfactorily fulfill the above aspects will be evaluated as to their content based on the opinion of at least two specialists in the area of the magazine, in conjunction with the following characteristics:
Representativeness of the editorial board, reviewers
and authors
Scientific Character magazine articles;
Peer review by peers;
Importance for the development of the area.
Each editor-area representative will review the documentation and the criteria, and present the review to the Advisory Committee for discussion and final decision. SciELO National Unity will contribute to the work of the committee organizing the information and documentation as necessary. Only those journals that meet the points 2 to 11 were sent for analysis by the Advisory Committee.
The opinion of the Committee may include recommendations for improvements and modifications to the magazines to be implemented in the time period specified in the verdict.
In principle, all indicators adopted for the evaluation of journals in SciELO Brazil for admission also apply for residence. Compliance with recommendations for improvement outlined in the criteria for admission of the journal should be treated as an indicator to remain in the collection. The following indicators of the performance of the journals in the SciELO collection should be used to justify their retention in the collection:
13.1 Timeliness of sending files
The timeliness of delivery is measured by the
arrival of files in a number of the magazine in
SciELO, which must follow time the periodicity of
the magazine.
The SciELO must indicate the existence of delays in
sending files.
The magazines are not late will be evaluated by SciELO
Advisory Committee, be subject to exclusion from the
collection.
13.2 Indicators of journal usage
The use of the journal is measured monthly by the
number of hits or visits to the content of the
magazine.
If the use of the magazine is consistently low and /
or decreasing when compared with journals in the
same area, the permanence of the journal in the
collection should be evaluated by SciELO Advisory
Committee, which must render its opinion to be
studied
the causes and possible solutions, and propose the
exclusion of the Journal of the collection.
13.3 Indicators of impact
The impact indicator for each journal title, measured
on the basis of citations the journal received,
should be evaluated together with the titles of
journals in the same area.
The increase in impact factor and its stabilization in
the value of the journals in the same area are
considered productive performance and, therefore
assures the permanence of the title in the
collection.
14. exclusion process report title
The exclusion of a journal of the SciELO collection
will be made after the issuance of the criterion
SciELO Advisory Committee.
In the event of adverse results are verified in the
performance evaluation, the journal is notified of
the aspects that need improvement and should be
treated within the deadline set by the Committee.
15. Resources
The editor of the magazine may at any time request an
appeal on the decision by SciELO Advisory Committee,
in cases of non-admission and exclusion of the
collection.
The funds will be reviewed by the Advisory Committee
and the journal may be reassessed.
The verdict of the Advisory Committee will be sent to
the editor of the magazine.
16. Readmission
The journals that are excluded from the SciELO collection can be readmitted, provided that they fulfill the criteria for inclusion and retention in the collection. The readmission will be reviewed by the Advisory Committee on SciELO.
Readmission will not be effective immediately upon
the exclusion of evidence of the collection.
To be reassessed, a journal must demonstrate that it
meets all criteria in at least four consecutive or a
year.
San Jose, November 27, 2007