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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>This email following the previous communication on the Norwegian List, of which the full name is: <i><span style='background:white'>Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>The registry is available as spread sheets, or as a <a href="https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/Forside.action?request_locale=en">searchable online database</a>. 25 000+ journal titles are assigned certain weights, which can briefly be summarised as follows, as applied within a Norwegian context:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Level 0: No funding for articles published in these journals (8 SA journal titles have a weight of 0 allocated)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Level 1: Partially funded (123 SA journal titles have a weight of 1 allocated)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Level 2: High impact journals, fully funded (none SA journal titles)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>We are waiting for a response from the DHET, as to how the weights will apply within a SA context.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>The <a href="http://www.nsd.uib.no/nsd/english/index.html">Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)</a> – which is responsible for the list – has indicated that they are in the process of updating and translating the criteria for inclusion of a journal title in their registry to English, as well as the application for inclusion in the registry. We hope to communicate more information on this registry during the NSEF</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>(journal editors)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'> meeting on 9 September 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>SciELO Planning Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Switchboard: +27 12 349 6600 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Tel: +27 12 349 6641 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Fax: +27 (0) 86 576 9512<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Email: <a href="mailto:ina@assaf.org.za">ina@assaf.org.za</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><img border=0 width=560 height=139 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0E4A5.381FCF90" alt="Logo+slogan"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>1st Floor Block A, The Woods, 41 De Havilland Crescent, Persequor Park <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Meiring Naudé Road, Lynnwood 0020, Pretoria, South Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>PO Box 72135, Lynnwood Ridge 0040, Pretoria, South Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Website: <a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/"><span style='color:blue'>www.assaf.org.za</span></a><i> </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>