University of Jyväskylä Faculty of Information Technology Publication Forum Kaisa Miettinen kaisa.miettinen@jyu.fi University of Jyväskylä Faculty of Information Technology

Background of Publication Forum Classification system for publication channels Operations are coordinated by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies Aim: support the quality assessment of research output Since 2015, classification used in the university funding model of the Ministry of Education and Culture 23 discipline-specific Expert Panels evaluate publication channels (with over 240 members from universities and research institutes) Acronym: JUFO

Classification levels, I 3: highest level 2: leading level 1: basic level Level 1 peer-reviewed (entire manuscript) publication channels that are specialized in the publication of scientific research outcomes and have an editorial board of experts of the discipline most publication channels are in Level 1 NOT in Level 1 if: over half of the referees and authors represent a single research organization

Classification levels, II Level 2 (leading level) leading publication channels, best research findings all publication channels meeting the criteria are not included in Level 2 because a specific quota Level 3 (highest level) supreme-level publication channels – publishing is highly appreciated research published represents the highest level not limited to discussion of narrow special themes Quota: calculate sum of publication volume in each panel Level 2: max 20% of it Level 3: max 25 % of level 2 volume

Remarks Objective: encourage Finnish researchers to publish their research outcomes in high-level domestic and foreign forums Remember: level is not the only criterion when selecting the publication channel for your paper Since the classification level mirrors the average level of its published articles, it should be used to evaluate large publication volumes only Warning: classification is not suited for evaluating merits of individual researchers, nor can it replace assessments made by experts e.g. in recruitment

Changing levels Level 0: publication channels that do not meet all of the Level 1 criteria Publication Forum is updated regularly Every year, hundreds of formerly non-evaluated publication channels are considered (Level 0 or Level 1) Or former Level 0 -> Level 1 Or former Level 1 -> Level 0 Evaluation of new publication channels takes at least two months Every four years Levels 2 and 3 are re-evaluated Currently in process

Links Website: www.julkaisufoorumi.fi/en General information https://www.tsv.fi/julkaisufoorumi/haku.php?lang=en Check current publication channel level Make proposals for amendments New publication channels Changes to current levels JUFO portal: http://jfp.csc.fi:8080/ Sign in with HAKA credentials Make TOP10 lists

Currently Publication channels in operations research and optimization have been allocated to several panels (each channel in one panel only) Panels have made preliminary proposals as levels and feedback is welcome by August Classification levels are finalized this autumn

Open Access, I Articles are free to read Right to read, print and link scholarly publications freely Usually author must pay publishing costs (hundreds to thousands dollars) Green open access: publishing in an open access repository free to author in most cases, the published version is the peer reviewed manuscript, i.e. the final draft (Author's Accepted Manuscript) article freely available in an institutional repository (in Jyväskylä it is called JYX) Gold open access: publishing in an open access journal usually author or organization pays a publishing fee article will be freely available on the publisher’s site

Open Access, II E.g. EU and Academy of Finland require open access publishing – green is ok Not all open access journals are reputable Predator = A publisher or journal that denies the researcher the credit and value for money for his or her work. Predatory journal can perform poor, even non-existent peer review. It has no scientific significance, or its practices are ethically questionable. Questionable journals tend to phis articles from researchers by email Repositories like ResearchGate are not necessarily copyright-compliant In Publication Forum open access journals are evaluated using the same criteria as others