Open access publishing and the question of quality Anna-Sofia Ruth, TSV Open access publishing: Principles, practices and administrative support 25.8.2017 University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences Tämä aineisto on lisensoitu Creative Commons Nimeä 4.0 Kansainvälinen -käyttöluvalla. Tarkastele käyttölupaa osoitteessa http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Publication Forum (JUFO) – what is it? Publication Forum (also known as Julkaisufoorumi, JUFO) is a classification system to support the quality assessment of research output on a large scale In this systems both foreign and domestic scholarly publication channels are rated into three categories: 1 = basic level (87 %) 2 = leading level (10 %) 3 = highest level (3 %) Category 0 includes evaluated publication channels that do not meet the Level 1 criteria www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

Why is it? The classification is intended as: a quality indicator for the research output produced by universities within the university funding model (13 % of funding comes from publications) an indicator of the impact and eminence of academic publication channels The classification is not intended as: a tool for the assessment and rewarding of individual researchers Bibliometric indicators (JIF etc.) widely used in Sciences and Medicine but indexing databases do not cover most of the publications in Technology and Engineering, and even less so in Social Sciences and Humanities a publication channel classification uses the same criteria to cover all disciplines with their particular publication practices (scope, type, language) the evaluation work is carried out by members of the research community www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

How does it work? It operates under the auspices of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV) and is instructed by a steering group The rating is performed by 23 discipline-specific expert panels composed of some 200 distinguished Finnish or Finland-based scholars, mostly professors New channels nominated for Level 1 processed continuously Channels on Level 2 and 3 re-evaluated at four-year intervals Members of the scientific community can participate by proposing alterations to the ratings as well as proposing new forums to be included Similar systems in Norway and Denmark www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

Policies regarding Open Access Open Access journals and book publishers are evaluated using the same criteria applicable to other publication channels http://www.julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/evaluations/classification-criteria In the next re-evaluation of Levels 2 and 3 (next year), if two equally good journals are competing for the higher rating, the journal that is either gold OA or allows parallel publishing will be favored over the other It would be better to set OA incentives directly in the universities’ funding model than embedded in JUFO evaluation criteria www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

Open Access indicators: DOAJ DOAJ = Directory of Open Access Journals Open access is immediately available to all content = gold open access ISSN number, an editor-in-chief and/or editorial board, a peer-review process and a website with comprehensive information (incl. guidelines for authors, author fees and information on open access and intellectual property rights) Journals with "green tick" or a DOAJ Seal are considered to be indexed Includes 9 835 journals and more than 2 million articles www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

Open Access indicators: SHERPA/RoMEO Color codes depict publishers' or peer-reviewed journals' policies regarding the self-archiving of journal articles on the web and in Open Access repositories = green open access Green: can archive pre-print and post-print or publisher's version/PDF Blue: can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) or publisher's version/PDF Yellow: can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing) White: archiving not formally supported Grey: unknown www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

SHERPA/RoMEO journals in JUFO www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

DOAJ journals in JUFO www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

DOAJ journals in JUFO www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

How to search for OA outlets? It’s easy: select OA indicator + fields of science + JUFO level http://jfp.csc.fi:8080/fi/web/haku www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

Don’t fall prey! A typical ”predator”: Accepts manuscripts within days from submission (no real peer review) Doesn’t reveal its location or personal contact information Doesn’t appear in abstracting and indexing services Has a pompous title and vague scope Has lower APCs than other OA journals Has very little to no content on its website Gives false information regarding indexing and indicators on its website Sends spam emails and markets its services aggressively www.julkaisufoorumi.fi

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