1.
Il ruolo degli editori: criteri
per valutare l’informazione
scientifica di qualità

2.
72,876
Diamo un pò di numeri

3.
12,750.000
Diamo un pò di numeri

4.
Diamo un pò di numeri
25,500 articoli fraudolenti per anno (Fanelli 2009)
975 predatory journals (Beall 2016)
969 predatory publishers (Beall 2016)

5.
Come gestire questi numeri ?
Rispetto a questi numeri abbiamo due possibili
approcci: “the largest, the broadest, the
biggest..” oppure essere selettivi.

6.
Spigolando qua e là........

7.
I numeri parlano
WoS-CC Journals (main indexes)
January 2016
WoS Journals
SCOPUS
~23,000
January 2016
12,760
22,460
January 2016
N°records (Scopus, WoS-CC) ~61M
January 2016

8.
A parte la filosofia.....
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%ofdatabase
# of journals
Articles Citations
As a result, the core literature of all scientific disciplines involved a group of not
more than 1,000 journals and may even possibly be reduced to as few as 500
journals (1972). A relatively small number of journals account for the bulk of what
is published and what is cited.
“The tail of the literature of one discipline
consists, in large part, of the cores of the
literature of other disciplines.”
-E. Garfield

9.
Il nuoco processo di selezione
Source: Thomson Reuters internal

10.
I criteri di selezione alla luce di ESCI
Source: Thomson Reuters internal
• Does this journal
target an
international
audience or
specifically a
regional audience?
• Is international
representation
among authors and
board members at
an appropriate
level for such a
journal?
• Total citations
• Recent citation
activity
• Author and
editorial board
members’ citations
in the literature
• Integration of the
journal into the
literature over time
Orange = ESCI selection requirements
• Peer review
• Ethical
publishing
practices
• Meets technical
requirements
(XML / PDF)
• Timeliness of
publication
• International
editorial
conventions
• English-language
bibliographic
information
• Has a scholarly
audience
searched for or
requested this
content?
• How does this
journal compare
with covered
journals of similar
scope?
• Is this subject
already well
covered?
• Will this journal
enrich WoS with
novel content?
Black = SCIE/SSci/AHCI selection

11.
“Imitation is the highest form of flattery”

12.
Acceptance Rate
11% vs 48%
~2000 titoli
l’anno

13.
L’ editorial Team
EDITORIAL
TEAM
18 Full
Time
Editors
Thomson
Reuters
employees
12 main
languages
covered
with
fluency
No one of
the editors
publish
No one of
the editors
edit a
journal
Bi-weekly
meetings
No conflict of interest
No national boards. Regionalism
covered with a different strategy.
See REGIONAL INDEXES
Around 150 years of
experience in the role.
12 Master’s degree.
Full time job
Uniformity of
judgement
Continuous check
during different
process steps.
Monitoring
current content
Source: Thomson Reuters internal

14.
L’altro editorial Team (CSAB)
12 journals al
mese a testa !
Si riuniscono
due volte l’anno!

15.
I dati del 2015
Source: Thomson Reuters internal

16.
43 titoli rimossi

17.
Advances in Cardiology
Not included in
Scopus
Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics Included
Advances in the Physics of Particles and Nuclei
Not included in
Scopus
African Journal of Psychiatry Included
American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy
Not included in
Scopus
Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii Al I Cuza din Iasi-
Serie Noua-Matematica included
ANNUAL REVIEW OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
Not included in
Scopus
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO MUSEUM STUDIES
Not included in
Scopus
Asian Journal of Chemistry included
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention included
BIOFUTUR included
Boletim de Ciencias Geodesicas included
CFI-CERAMIC FORUM INTERNATIONAL included
COMMENTARY
Not included in
Scopus
DESCANT included
European Integration Online Papers-EIOP included
Feuillets de Radiologie included
Forum of Nutrition
Not included in
Scopus
Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology
Not included in
Scopus
ILLINOIS JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS included
Journal de Radiologie Diagnostique et
Interventionnelle
Not included in
Scopus
Journal of Applied Research and Technology included
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology
Not included in
Scopus
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ETHICS included
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SPEECH-LANGUAGE
PATHOLOGY
Not included in
Scopus
JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION-
SUPPLEMENT included
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOHISTORY included
Journal of the Historical Society included
JUDICATURE included
Korrozios Figyelo included
MATERIALS RESEARCH INNOVATIONS included
MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELLING included
Nobel Medicus included
Pakistan Journal of Statistics included
PHYSICS ESSAYS included
Plant Omics included
POPULATION BULLETIN included
Problems of Atomic Science and Technology included
Revista Chilena de Cirugia included
Revista Romana de Bioetica included
THEATRE RESEARCH IN CANADA-RECHERCHES
THEATRALES AU CANADA included
Turkderm-Archives of the Turkish Dermatology
and Venerology
Not included in
Scopus
32 su 43
E in Scopus ?

18.
L’ultimo rifuto....
Acta Geologica Slovaca
Very low citation impact, near-bottom estimated subject category ranking; very low total cities. Very little international
diversity among Editorial Board members Journal aspires to be international according to its scope notes, but there are very
few contributing authors outside the country, or even the university where it’s published.
In actual content, journal is very regional or even localized with little research beyond very circumscribed area

19.
Anche Scopus rimuove i journals !
Titles indicated in bold red do not meet the
Scopus quality criteria anymore and therefore
Scopus discontinued the forward capturing
Coverage
Diversity and Equality in Health and Care
2012-2015
(cancelled)
English Language Teaching
2012-2015
(cancelled)
International Education Studies
2012-2015
(cancelled)
Journal of Language Teaching and Research 2014 (cancelled)
Journal of Sustainable Development
2014-2015
(cancelled)
Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology
2012-2014
(cancelled)
Middle East Journal of Scientific Research
2012-2014
(cancelled)
Ben 7 titoli !

20.
African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines
International Journal of Electrochemical Science
Journal of Environmental Biology
Journal of Physical Therapy Science
Oncotarget
Romanian Biotechnological Letters
I titoli della lista di Beall in WoS-CC
6

21.
International Journal of Electrochemical Science
Journal of Environmental Biology
Journal of Physical Therapy Science
Oncotarget
Romanian Biotechnological Letters
Actual Problems of Economics
Aging
Asian Journal of Chemistry
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and
Health Care
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease
Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia
Der Pharma Chemica
European Journal of Science and Theology
Genes and Cancer
Interdisciplinary Toxicology
International Journal of Applied Research in Natural
Products
International Journal of Biomedical Science
International Journal of Communication Networks and
Information Security
International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical
Review and Research
International Journal of Engineering and Technology
International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical
Research
International Journal of Pharmaceutical and
Phytopharmacological Research
International Journal of Pharmacognosy and
Phytochemical Research
International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences
International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and
Pharmacy
Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Journal of Electrical Engineering
Journal of Environmental Hydrology
Journal of Language and Literature
Journal of Natural Products
Journal of Pharmacy Research
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
Mathematical and Computational Applications
Pharmacologyonline
Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and
Chemical Sciences
Shiraz E Medical Journal
Sport Science
I titoli della lista di Beall in SCOPUS
39

22.
E in termini di valutazione ?
614 titoli italiani su WoS-CC
345 nel solo 2015
1,320* su Scopus “selezionabili” per la VQR
*203 su WOS-CC

23.
Un’occhio alle citazioni (metrics misbehaviour)

24.
Un’occhio alle citazioni (metrics misbehaviour)

25.
Amfiteatru Economic 73% 37%
Anatomical Sciences Education 59% 28%
Applied Intelligence 70% 46%
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 65% 33%
Archives of Mining Sciences 69% 32%
Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 77% 54%
Business Lawyer 74% 35%
CytoJournal 64% 48%
Electric Power Components and Systems 74% 46%
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 75% 37%
Forensic Toxicology 54% 37%
Geotextiles and Geomembranes 54% 29%
International Journal of Communication Systems 61% 35%
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 54% 29%
Journal Self-Citation: 29 (2015) 1/2

26.
International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics 54% 32%
International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 61% 32%
Interlending & Document Supply 73% 35%
Journal of Plant Interactions 59% 31%
Journal of Real Estate Research 73% 51%
Language Culture and Curriculum 78% 46%
Microsurgery 56% 31%
North American Journal of Economics and Finance 72% 48%
Organization & Environment 68% 38%
Polymer Plastics Technology and Engineering 56% 31%
Soils and Foundations 58% 29%
Standards in Genomic Sciences 60% 50%
Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies 59% 30%
Turkish Journal of Botany 57% 29%
Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques 79% 49%
Journal Self-Citation: 29 (2015) 2/2

27.
Stacking: 10 (2015)
JPC-Journal of Planar
Chromatography-
Modern TLC
Central European
Journal of Chemistry 42% 84%
Enterprise Information
Systems
IEEE Transactions on
Industrial Informatics 43% 82%
Pakistan Veterinary
Journal
International Journal of
Agriculture and Biology 19% 90%
Human Factors and
Ergonomics in
Manufacturing &
Service Industries
Journal of Vibration
and Control 49% 90%
Enterprise Information
Systems
Systems Research and
Behavioral Science 16% 89%
Information Technology
& Management
IEEE Transactions on
Industrial Informatics 19% 94%
Digital Pheromone Based Patrolling Algorithm in Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks