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4.2. Types of Journals

PAYMENT FREE AUTHOR SUBSCRIPTOR

COPYRIGHT EDITORIAL AUTHOR

OA PUBLICATION INMEDIATELY EMBARGO NO PERMITED

AUTHORAUTHOR-PAYS MODEL JOURNAL

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4.2. Types of Journals

PAYMENT FREE AUTHOR SUBSCRIPTOR

COPYRIGHT EDITORIAL AUTHOR

OA PUBLICATION INMEDIATELY EMBARGO NO PERMITED

PURE OPEN ACCESS MODEL JOURNAL

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4.3. Aspects to consider (I)

1. Contrasted Scientific Quality

Peer reviewed. High Impact Factor. Scientific editorial committee.

2.

Contrasted formal Quality

Celerity of process. Priority of discovering assigned. Accomplish publication time release.

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4.3. Aspects to consider (II)

3. 4. 5. 6. Appropriated field of knowledge covered. Wide dissemination over scientific information channels. Types of works accepted. Copyright issues.

Owned by editorial? Owned by author? Author fee? Subscription fee? Free?

7.

Fees.

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4.4. Bibliometric Databases

Are scientific journals databases in which a citation analysis of papers are included to provide useful information about the journals, papers and authors impact in the community. Science developed countries use this information to evaluate the researchers activity in order to reward and fund future works and promote their professional career. The main indicators to evaluate are:

Impact Factor and SJR: to journals. SJR: H index: to authors (or even journals and countries). index:

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4.4. Bibliometric Databases

QUALITY

Only peer review journals. Formal and scientific process of quality.

WIDE COVERAGE

All fields of knowledge. International covertures.

IMPACT

Bibliometric indicators are offered in order to provide an idea about the journals and authors impact. Major channel of scientific communication.

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4.4. Bibliometric Databases

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. THOMPSON ISI SCOPUS (VIA SJR) GOOGLE SCHOLAR CITEBASE CITESEER

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4.4. Bibliometric Databases (THOMPSON-ISI) (THOMPSON-Editorial independent. -International. -Impact Factor. -Journal Citation Report. -Toll access.

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4.4. Bibliometric Databases (SCOPUS)

- Editorial dependent (Elsevier) - International. - Toll access. Free analysis citations via Scimago. - Scimago Journal & Country Rank.

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4.5. Steps on selecting an academic journal

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Get into a bibliometric database. Choose field of knowledge. List by Impact Factor or other bibliometric parameters. Determine journals quartiles. Select the journals within the first quartile. For all journals selected before visit their website and:
A. B. C.

Check type of works accepted. Check type of copyright used. Check type of fees implanted.

7.

Select any of these journals if you agree with these conditions.

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4.6. Example 1: ISI THOMPSON (Biotechnology)

Step 1. Get into a bibliometric database.

Click on Journal Citation Report (JCR) service.

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4.6. Example 1: ISI THOMPSON

Step 2. Choose field of Knowledge.

Select to group journals by category Select JCR Science edition in last available year.

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4.6. Example 1: ISI THOMPSON

Step 3. List by impact factor ranking.

Select category Biotechnology & Applied microbiology. Select view journal data sorted by Impact Factor.

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4.6. Example 1: ISI THOMPSON

Step 3. List by impact factor ranking.

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4.6. Example 1: ISI THOMPSON

Step 4. Determine journals quartiles.

Each field has several journals within consideration. All journals are contrasted quality journals. So, it is impossible to consider all journals, is necessary to cut the selection somewhere. The solution is the use of statistical quartiles. Quartiles are the three values (Q1, Q2 y Q3) which (Q1 Q2 Q3 divide a whole set of ordered data (n) into four equal statistical parts.

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4.6. Example 1: ISI THOMPSON

Step 4. Determine journals quartiles.

Q1 is the value which is upper than 25% of all data values. 25% n (even) Q1= n/4; Q1 n/4 n (odd) Q1= (n+1)/4; Q1 (n+1)/4 Q2 = n/2; n/2 Q3 is the value which is upper than 75% of all data values. 75% n (even) Q3= (3*n)/4; Q3 (3*n)/4 n (odd) Q3= 3*(n+1)/4; Q3 *(n+1)/4

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4.6. Example 1: ISI THOMPSON

Step 4. Determine journals quartiles.

Results for Biotechnology & Applied microbiology.

n= 138; 138; Q1= 34.5; 34. Q2= 69; 69; Q3= 103.5. 103.

Andthat what it means?

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4.6. Example 1: ISI THOMPSON

Step 5. Select the journals within the first quartile.

First 35 journals are the best journals to publish. First journal is Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, from England, Journal with more Impact Factor (23.308). (23.308). Last journal in first quartile is OMICS, a journal of integrative Biology, from USA, with a relative low Impact Factor (3.013). (3 013).

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4.7. Example 2: SCOPUS via SJR (Biochemistry)

Step 1. Get into a bibliometric database.

Click on Journal indicators.

http://www.scimagojr.com/

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4.7. Example 2: SCOPUS via SJR (Biochemistry)

Step 2. Choose field of Knowledge.

Example: Biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. Select:

Year: last available (2007 by now). (2007 Country: all, because we need international coverage. Order by: JCR and/or H index.

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4.7. Example 2: SCOPUS via SJR (Biochemistry)

Step 3. List by SJR or H index journal.

Example: SJR ranking.

Download your results!

Warning: Elsevier journals bias!

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4.8. Other aspects to take account

Consult disciplinary journal guides. Review reference lists and bibliographies. Use academic journal indices. Talk to colleagues. Check university department websites. Read the journals style guidelines for authors.

5. SUBMITTING A SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION

5. Submitting a scientific contribution

Follow Academic Publishing Steps (I)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Author submits manuscript to an academic journal editor. Editor determines if the manuscript has sufficient merit to be reviewed. If merit, manuscript is sent to reviewers, if not, is sent back to the author with a rejection letter. Reviewers return the manuscript to the editor with comments and recommendations. Editor sends manuscript back to the author with either a rejection letter or a request for revisions.

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Follow Academic Publishing Steps (II)
6. 7. Author revises manuscript and resubmits to editor. Editor sends revised manuscript back to external reviewers again. 8. Repeat steps 4 and 5. 9. Author provides editing or proofing of final copy before publication. 10. Paper is eventually published in journal

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Follow Academic Publishing Steps (III)

5. Submitting a scientific contribution

Follow Academic Publishing Steps (OJS)
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ Except Readers, participate all academic roles

6. OPEN DISSEMINATION OF A PUBLISHED WORK

6. Open dissemination

Make your article Open accessed

Definition Routes to publish

Golden road Green road

6. Open dissemination

Make your article Open accessed

Definition

"Open"Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the interest and the consent of the author or copyright holder. Peter Suber. Senior Researcher at SPARC.