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How to apply the principles of peer-review for journal evaluation

How to apply the principles of peer-review for journal evaluation. Ove Kähler Senior 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?. 2009.

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How to apply the principles of peer-review for journal evaluation

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  1. How to apply the principles of peer-review forjournal evaluation Ove Kähler Senior Product Manager Scopus October 2009

  2. “I want to provide my users with an all-science database, which indexes all relevant content.” Question: Who determines which journals are relevant? 2009 12 Subject Chairs with an international network of reviewers User-centered 2007

  3. “I want to provide my users with an all-science database, which indexes all relevant content.” July 2009: 1st Board Meeting of Subject Chairs, Noordwijk (Netherlands)

  4. Suggest s a title Now http://suggestor.step.scopus.com/index.cfm CSAB members: make selection based on region and/or subj. area(s) Incl. involvement of editors/ publishers Admin Elsevier As of Q1 2010 Suggestor Subject Chairs (SC’s): get titles assigned based on their subject area(s) Scopus Title Evaluation Platform (STEP) Involvement of additional reviewers (e.g. TCI)

  5. 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? 2009 Scoring system • Peer-review • English abstracts • Regular publication Transparent & consistent 2007

  6. Librarian: “I want to provide my users with an all-science database, which indexes all relevant content.” Scoring system 16 criteria (in 5 categories)

  7. Reviewer's screen (1)

  8. Reviewer's screen (2)

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