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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From time to time journal editors might need some managerial/statistical information, which is then used to take decisions/ work on journal strategy. Most of all it is important that journals and journal content are indexed by Google. Tools available to conduct an analysis for individual journal titles:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Free/Open<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:13.3pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.harzing.com/pophelp/journal-impact.htm" target="_blank">Publish or Perish</a>:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.harzing.com/pop.htm" target="_blank">Download</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:13.3pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=top_venues" target="_blank">Google Scholar Metrics</a>:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://scholar.google.co.za/intl/en/scholar/metrics.html#inclusion" target="_blank">Guidelines</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:13.3pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Google Scholar Citations Profile (create own):<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://scholar.google.co.za/intl/en/scholar/citations.html" target="_blank">Create</a> profile for each journal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:13.3pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.scimagojr.com/" target="_blank">SCImago Journal & Country Rank</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(Elsevier Scopus):<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.elsevier.com/journals/title/a" target="_blank">Journal List</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>-<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview#content-policy-and-selection" target="_blank">Criteria</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>-<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://suggestor.step.scopus.com/suggestTitle/step1.cfm%20" target="_blank">Suggest</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.3pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Subscription<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:13.3pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/analytical/jcr/" target="_blank">InCites Journal Citation Reports</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(Thomson Reuters WoS):<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://wokinfo.com/essays/journal-selection-process/" target="_blank">Criteria</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>-<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/info/journalsubmission/" target="_blank">Submit</a> </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:13.3pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Scopus – see </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.scimagojr.com/" target="_blank">SCImago Journal & Country Rank</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(Elsevier Scopus):<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.elsevier.com/journals/title/a" target="_blank">Journal List</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>-<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview#content-policy-and-selection" target="_blank">Criteria</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>-<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://suggestor.step.scopus.com/suggestTitle/step1.cfm%20" target="_blank">Suggest</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.3pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Librarians can assist journal editors but also end-users with the above tools, and help determine the impact of specific journal titles. Journal editors can also experiment and try it themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.3pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Also very useful for evaluating journal titles to help an author decide whether he/she wants to publish in a specific journal. This applies to both open and subscription journals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.3pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.3pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Ina</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Planning Manager - Scholarly Publishing Unit<br></span><i><span style='color:#525252;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>(previously Open Scholarship Manager, Stellenbosch University – until 30 September 2014)</span></i><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>1<sup>st</sup> Floor Block A, The Woods<br>41 De Havilland Crescent, Meiring Naudé Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Pretoria, South Africa, 0020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><a href="https://www.google.co.za/maps/place/De+Havilland+Cres,+Pretoria,+0020/@-25.7453694,28.2727997,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x1e9560424c7df843:0x13cba2579ff86323?hl=en"><span style='color:#0563C1'>-25.746092, 28.274414</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Tel.: +27 12 349 6641<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:ina@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#0563C1'>ina@assaf.org.za</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><img border=0 width=378 height=94 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D02B54.0BDD8AE0" alt=ASSAf><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>