cetl/gspd 2011
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Article Publication: Targeting Journals,
Retaining Copyright, and Making an Impact
Targeting Journals
Core JournalsJournal Publication Information
guide provides subject specific listings by college http://libguides.unco.edu/jpubinfo
What makes a journal core?◦Acknowledged by scholars in the
field◦Impact factor◦High visibility ◦Low acceptance rate/high invited
article rate
Quality indicators for journalsScholarly or professional
audiencePeer reviewedVisibility
◦Indexing◦Circulation◦Open access
Acceptance ratesEditor/editorial board
Ulrichsweb - Articles & More By subject identify titles
◦Active◦Refereed (peer reviewed)◦Academic/Scholarly ◦Circulation◦Indexing◦Reviewed (Core)◦Link to journal’s information page
Impact factor Journal ranking
Types of review processesEditorialPeer
◦Open◦Single Blind◦Double Blind
Cabell’s Directories - Articles & MoreEditor(s)Acceptance rate and % of invited
articlesType of reviewNumber of reviewers and time to
reviewSubmission and manuscript
guidelinesLink to journal information site
◦Publication fee◦Call for submissions
EditorsBen Varner
Academic Exchange QuarterlyEster Gimbernat Gonzalez
ConfluenciaLinda L. Black and Heather M. Helm
Counselor Education and SupervisionSample reviewer forms
http://www.unco.edu/ces/evaluation.htmFrederick “Rick” Silverman
Journal of Mathematics and Culture
Directory of Open Access Journals -http://www.doaj.org/
Scientific and scholarly journalsEditorial or peer reviewedTopics for each journalLanguagesLink to journal information site
What is an open access journal?No charge for readers or their
institutions to accessUsers have the right to “read,
download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles” (Budapest Open Access Initiative)
Research is showing that open access articles are cited significantly more than non-open access.
Retaining Copyright
Congratulations!Your article has been accepted
for publication What happens next?You will be asked to sign a
publication agreementBut don’t be in a rush to sign it There are some important
considerations . . .
What are your rights as an author?
You, as the author -- a person who has created an original expression of ideas -- automatically hold copyright once that expression is fixed in tangible form
And what is copyright?
Copyright is the exclusive legal right granted for a specified period (author’s life + 70 years) to print, publish, perform, film, or record original material
A Fair(y) Use Talehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo
Let’s repeat those rights again:To publish and distribute a work
in print or other mediaTo reproduce it (e.g.,
photocopying)To prepare derivative works (e.g.,
translations)To perform or publicly display the
workTo authorize others to exercise
any of the above rights
Rights retention & transferCarefully read the publication
agreement with your future career in mind
Which rights should you retain and which rights should you transfer?
It doesn’t have to be all or nothing
It can be a compromiseIt can accommodate the needs of
information users
Full transfer: the traditional agreement
Status quo: transfer all rights to publisher
No posting on your web siteNo distribution to your colleaguesNo use (outside of fair use)
without publisher’s permissionIgnores the needs of the
information user
A compromise agreementAuthor transfers copyright to the
publisher; in exchange, publisher grants the author the following rights, for example:
Copies for colleaguesCopies for teaching duties (e.g.
course reserves)Inclusion on personal web site or
in institutional repository
Full retention: the limited licenseThe author retains copyright
ownership and licenses to the publisher a specific right (such as the right of first publication)
Open access: creative commonsThe author retains copyright
ownership and licenses to the publisher a specific right (such as the right of first publication)
The information user is granted rights beyond those typically granted for fair use
Proper attribution is often the only caveat
Where to find publishers’policies re copyright
Sherpa/Romeo web site:http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/Interactive database created by a
partnership of research librariesSummarizes standard
permissions in publishers’ copyright transfer agreements
Focuses upon self-archiving
The right to post on a web siteThere are several versions of
your submitted work:◦The “pre-print” version of your work
before it is refereed and published◦There are two “post-print” versions
of your work: Post-refereed (but not typeset) The publisher’s “official” typeset version
My non-legal adviceRead the contract when you are in a
rested, analytical frame of mindBe assertive in asking for what you wantAsk for clarifications and changesGet clarifications and changes in writingKeep copies of everything (email
correspondence, guidelines posted on web pages, contracts, etc.)
Keep copies of all submitted versions of your work
Impact
What is an Impact factor?The journal impact factor
measures the importance of a journal by calculating the times it’s articles are
cited.
Year 2008 citations to 2007 + 2006 articles
_____________________________Total no. of articles published in
2007 + 2006
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) forms part of the subscription-based ISI suite of Products known as Web of Knowledge which also includes Web of Science.
JCR is the original journal ranking tool, first developed in the 1950s, and it is the current market leader for journal rankings.
Citation Map: WoS
Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports
Impact factor: UseEvaluating individual scholars
Evaluating institutions
Evaluating journals
Subscription decision
Impact factor: limitationsOnly a limited subset of journals is indexed
by ISI◦ Only uses the articles cited by the ~10,000 “ISI
journals” ◦ Some disciplines are especially poorly covered
Database is dominated by American publications
Journals in database may vary from year to year
Impact factor: limitationsSelf citations are allowedReview articles are heavily cited
and inflate the impact factorLong articles collect many
citationsShort publication lag allows short
term journal self citationsBiased toward English-language
journals
Impact factor: Alternatives
A free and searchable database
EigenfactorTM scores and Article InfluenceTM scores rank journals much as Google ranks websites.
Covers the natural and social sciences
http://www.eigenfactor.org/
The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a portal that includes the journals and country scientific information
A free source that uses data from Elsevier's Scopus database
http://www.scimagojr.com/
Google Scholar: Strength
• Number of articles found• International/multilingual
coverage• Better coverage of citations in
books and other non-journal sources
Weaknesses Inclusion of non-scholarly sources
• Lack of transparency regarding source selection, number of documents, coverage, indexing, etc.
• Coverage is uneven across different fields of study
• Doesn’t perform well for older publication
http://scholar.google.com/
What makes a journal core : A review
◦Acknowledged by scholars in the field
◦Impact factor◦High visibility ◦Low acceptance rate/high invited
article rate
◦For more information:◦http://libguides.unco.edu/jpubinfo
Question? Comment?Thank you !
Bette Rathe, Education [email protected]
Wendy Highby, Social Sciences [email protected]
Jayati Chaudhuri, Science [email protected]