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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Dear Colleagues<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'>First of all – thank you for joining us during the past <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://journals.assaf.org.za/blog/nsef/nsef-2016/">National Scholarly Editor’s Forum</a></span>, and thank you for actively participating in the programme. This meeting is an annual highlight on the ASSAf Scholarly Publishing Unit calendar, since we get the opportunity to engage on a face-to-face basis with you. From the feedback received, it was a highly successful event with valuable opportunities for networking. Thank you so much for contributing towards making it a success!<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'>What made this year a bit different, was that we also hosted numerous workshops in collaboration with partner stakeholders. We managed to visit the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and also colleagues from Gauteng North. Upcoming and in support of international Open Access Week celebrated worldwide from 24 to 31 October, is a workshop on best practice scholarly publishing, to be hosted by the University of the Free State in collaboration with LIASA Free State Branch. The criteria for trusted and high quality scholarly journals will be shared, followed by an intensive workshop on using Open Journal Systems to manage and publish scholarly journals. Thank you to the University of the Free State and the LIASA Free State Branch for co-sponsoring these travels and accommodation. <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'>In addition to the above, we would like to provide the following feedback:<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 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Discipline-grouped peer review of South African scholarly journals<br></span></b><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Desré Stead<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Reviews in the following three subject groups are currently being conducted: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Humanities II: Visual and Performing Arts (10 journals)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Communications, Information Science and Knowledge Systems (14 journals)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Engineering and Architecture (15 journals) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Three reviewers were appointed to evaluate each journal. We have received most of the reviews and we are currently compiling a Version 1 draft report of each journal to present to the Peer Review Panel. The Panel will discuss the reviews and will provide consensus answers to each of the criteria. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The names of panel members are available on the ASSAf website: <span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="http://bit.ly/1MaS1oK"><span style='color:#0070C0'>http://bit.ly/1MaS1oK</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The next cycle of peer review evaluations will include journals in the following disciplinary groups: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Education (16 journals)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Mathematics and Science (22 journals)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Politics, History and Philosophy (26 journals)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ASSAf sent out a call for nominees of panel members earlier this year. The shortlist of nominees will need to be approved by the Committee on Scholarly Publishing in South Africa (CSPiSA) and the ASSAf Council before we can proceed with constituting these panels.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>We ask journal editors who have not submitted the questionnaire for the peer review yet to please submit it as soon as possible. Panel members and reviewers will require access to the last three volumes of the journal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Please contact us for any queries relating to the peer reviews<span style='color:#1F497D'>:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Desré Stead, <span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="mailto:desre@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#0070C0'>desre@assaf.org.za</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Mmaphuthi Mashiachidi, <span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="mailto:mmaphuthi@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#0070C0'>mmaphuthi@assaf.org.za</span></a></span><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 lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>National Scholarly Editors’ Forum meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Desré Stead<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The 10<sup>th</sup> National Scholarly Editors’ Forum (NSEF) annual meeting, was held on the 1<span style='color:#002060'>st</span> September 2016 at the Protea Hotel<span style='color:#1F497D'>, </span>O<span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span>R<span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span> Tambo. The theme for this year’s meeting was <i>Disruptive trends challenging scholarly publishing</i>. Ms Susan Veldsman, Director of the Scholarly Publishing Programme (SPP) at ASSAf, presented an update on the activities of the SPP.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>Prof Keyan Tomaselli put forward a motion to discuss the publication of Master’s and PhD student journal articles to enable them to graduate. The programme was different this year as editors were grouped according to pre-selected themes to discuss the challenges facing scholarly journal publishing in South Africa. Editors enjoyed the opportunity to interact with each other and network with others in the field. Prior to the meeting, attendees were encouraged to register for an ORCID<span style='color:#002060'> (<a href="http://orcid.org/">http://orcid.org/</a>)</span> if they had not already done so<span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span> and ORCID sponsored a prize for a lucky draw that was presented in the afternoon session. Prof Johann Mouton presented a sample of the results of the CREST study on publishing trends in South Africa with particular emphasis on journal publishing. The editors found the presentation to be a useful analysis of journals in South Africa.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Chairs chairing the round table discussions during the past NSEF Meeting</span></i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=567 height=378 style='width:5.9062in;height:3.9375in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D20AB2.B57E85B0"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:red'><br></span><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Back row</span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>: Shannon Hoctor, Pierre de Villiers, Keyan Tomaselli, Voster Muchenje, Herbert Maserumule, Andries van Aarde, Dan Parker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Front row</span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>: John Butler-Adam, Charles Ngwena, Ingrid Nye, Michelle Hamer, Ina du Toit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Africa Open Science Platform <span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span></span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The SPP is</span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> currently running a preparatory “landscape” exercise which is designed to evaluate relevant open data activities in national science systems in Africa, scanning policies and activities by governments, funders, universities, academies and evaluating both projects and individual capabilities. This exercise is a vital pre-requisite for building the consortium for the Platform launch, which will take place at the SA Science Forum on 8-9 December this year. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>More about the Science Forum: <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.sfsa.co.za/">http://www.sfsa.co.za/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>SciELO SA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Louise van Heerden<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>SciELO SA Advisory Committee<span style='color:#1F497D'>:<b> </b></span>The SciELO SA Advisory Committee will meet during the last quarter of the year to decide on criteria to admit and retain journal titles in the collection. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.scielo.org.za/">SciELO SA</a></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> Collection Growth<span style='color:#1F497D'>: </span>The SciELO SA-collection now has 65 titles: <u><span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_alphabetic&lng=en&nrm=iso"><span style='color:#0070C0'>http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_alphabetic&lng=en&nrm=iso</span></a></span></u> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>On 31 August 2016 the collection included 19 020 articles<span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span> 1231 issues and 65 titles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>SciELO SA: Usage growth: Over the last year there has been a <span style='color:#00B0F0'>16%</span> growth in visits to SciELO SA<span style='color:#1F497D'>:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=452 height=265 style='width:4.7083in;height:2.7604in' id="Chart_x0020_1" src="cid:image008.png@01D20AB2.B57E85B0" alt="cid:image001.png@01D209E1.FC689690"></span><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Since its inception in 2009 the SciELO SA collection has been accessed almost 5 million times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>New SciELO software: During September 2016 a new version of the SciELO software will be installed at ASSAf. From 19-23 September two staff members from the SciELO Network will visit ASSAf to train the SciELO SA staff in the usage of the new version.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-ZA 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'>ASSAf-AAU DATAD Project<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>The past DATAD annual conference (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) was a clear indication of progress made in terms of Africa sharing its research with the rest of the world. As part of this project, an evaluation instrument with criteria for trusted institutional repositories was developed and shared with the audience. In future, only repositories adhering to the requirements will be included for harvesting through DATAD, which will be hosted by ASSAf. Repositories adhering to additional criteria on top of the basic requirements, will qualify for the DATAD Seal of Approval. The DATAD project will mostly focus on harvesting the metadata from theses and dissertations made available through African repositories, and we hope to extend it to data sets accompanying research output, as part of the African Open Science Platform.<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'>Journal article level impact<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Alternative metrics – providing an indication of the number of citations, downloads, and mentions via social media – is more and more becoming the preferred method of measuring scholarly journal article impact. The Thomson Reuters Journal Impact Factor is widely criticized for not measuring individual research. Alternative metrics is regarded as an alternative, since it gives a better picture of the impact of individual articles. An example from the <i>South African Journal of Science</i>:<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'><a href="http://sajs.co.za/archiving-south-african-digital-research-data-how-ready-are-we/margaret-m-koopman-karin-de-jager"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=671 height=243 style='width:6.9895in;height:2.5312in' id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image006.png@01D209F9.5AB231E0"></span></a><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'>Currently we recommend that you explore the following tools for possible implementation:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;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:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><a href="http://plumanalytics.com/products/plumx-metrics/">PlumX</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;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:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.altmetric.com/">Altmetrics.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Also read the <a href="http://altmetrics.org/manifesto/">Altmetrics Manifesto</a> for the rationale behind the above.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>SciDataCon 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Two members of the scholarly publishing unit will participate in the mentioned conference, as part of the African Open Science Platform project. During the initial phase, we hope to identify data repository projects within Africa, as well as establishing ownership, implementation of open access policies, needs in terms of ICT and training, and more. Read more about this conference at <a href="http://www.scidatacon.org/2016/">http://www.scidatacon.org/2016/</a> <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'>Important partners as part of the African Open Science Platform Project are ICSU, CODATA, and the Department of Science and Technology.<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'>Central database of all SA scholarly journals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>ASSAf has been working with CREST to build a database of all SA scholarly journals, their history, rankings, accreditation status, and more. This database was developed with programming expertise from CREST, while ASSAf provided input on journal details. We hope that this database will address challenges faced on an annual basis, in terms of identifying and finding information about our almost 400 journals. We will heavily rely on editors and other role players to help keep this database up to date. More information on this will be shared soon. It will be updated annually, to accommodate changes informed by the DHET list of accredited journal titles.<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'>Apply for your journal to be included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>A webinar was presented to address the requirements for inclusion in the DOAJ. Two very important requirements: only peer-reviewed, open access journals are approved, in addition to other requirements.<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'>ASSAf is of the opinion that – the more scrutiny a journal is subjected to – the better the chances of the journal improving its own profile. We would therefore like to invite you to apply for inclusion in the following indexes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:14.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;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:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>- <a href="https://academyofsciencesa.wikispaces.com/file/view/Copy%20of%20DHET%20Accredited%20journal%20lists%20for%20publications%20to%20be%20made%20in%202016%20%28003%29.xls/584173625/Copy%20of%20DHET%20Accredited%20journal%20lists%20for%20publications%20to%20be%20made%20in%202016%20%28003%29.xls">DHET Lists</a>:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://academyofsciencesa.wikispaces.com/file/view/Procedure%20for%20Inclusion%20into%20the%20DHET%20List.pdf/574489907/Procedure%20for%20Inclusion%20into%20the%20DHET%20List.pdf" target="_blank">DHET Criteria</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>-<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:Ntuli.W@dhet.gov.za">DHET Application</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(by 15 June each year)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:14.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;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:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>- <a href="http://www.proquest.com/documents/Title_List_-_International_Bibliography_of_the_Social_Sciences.html" target="_blank">International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(ProQuest IBSS):<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://media2.proquest.com/documents/IBSS+Editorial+Policies+and+Principles.pdf" target="_blank">Criteria</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>-<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:IBSS.editors@proquest.com%20">Apply</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:14.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;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:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>- <a href="https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/Forside.action?request_locale=en" target="_blank">Norwegian Registry for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(Norwegian List):<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/OmKriterier?request_locale=en" target="_blank">Criteria</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>-<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/OmProsedyrer?request_locale=en" target="_blank">Apply</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:14.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;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:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>- <a href="http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_alphabetic&lng=en&nrm=iso" target="_blank">SciELO SA journals</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>indexed by the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://wokinfo.com/webtools/searchbox/" target="_blank">Web of Science</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(Thomson Reuters WoS/SciELO Citation Index):<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.scielo.org.za/avaliacao/avaliacao_en.htm" target="_blank">Criteria</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>-<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:scielo@assaf.org.za">Apply</a> (on invitation only)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:14.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;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:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>- <a href="http://www.elsevier.com/journals/title/a" target="_blank">Scopus</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(Elsevier)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:14.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;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:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>- <a href="http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/" target="_blank">Web of Science</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>and the <a href="http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/esci/">Emerging Sources Citation Index</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> (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-front/" target="_blank">Apply</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Quest <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Tsępo Majake<span style='color:#1F497D'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Quest: Science for South Africa is a popular science magazine published by ASSAf. The magazine is used for science promotion, engagement and curriculum support. The articles are contributed by researchers, scholars and practitioners in different science fields. The scholarly publishing unit at ASSAf has been tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the magazine reaches the length and breadth of this country and abroad particularly in previously disadvantaged communities. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>As journal publishing increases and the quality improves, we hope to improve the throughput by exposing the young ones to careers in science and cutting edge research in South Africa, to encourage and expose them to possibilities. We also hope to ensure that we can contextualize content so that they see the application of what they learn in everyday life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Please get in touch with us should you have any questions regarding any of the above issues mentioned, and we will try our best to assist.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Wishing you all the best for the remainder of the year!<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'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Susan Veldsman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Director: Scholarly Publishing Programme<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><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'>The Scholarly Publishing Programme Team<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=567 height=378 style='width:5.9062in;height:3.9375in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D20AB2.B57E85B0"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Back:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> Ina Smith, Msimelelo Dingiswayo, Tyrone Ngonyama, Mohau Moja, Menzi Nhlenyama, Linda Fick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Front:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> Louise van Heerden, Desré Stead, Mmaphuthi Mashiachidi, Susan Veldsman (Director), Nadine Wubbeling <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Absent: Tsępo Majake<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></div></body></html>