Presentation about the history and developments of the operation of the Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts.

1. Journal of Science and
Technology of the Arts
Open Access Week - October 27, 2017
(updated Dec. 2018)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Jorge C. S. Cardoso, jorgecardoso@dei.uc.pt, Universidade de Coimbra

2. Contents
CITARJ
Overview
(Some) Numbers
History and Evolution Process

3. Overview
CITARJ is a peer-reviewed publication that results
from a commitment of the Research Center for
Science and Technology of the Arts (CITAR) to
promote knowledge, research and artworks in the
field of the Arts.
The Journal provides a distinctive forum for anyone
interested in the impact which the application of
contemporary Science and Technology is having
upon the Arts.
The Journal is published . . . under an open access
policy and has no article submission charges or
article processing charges. --
http://artes.ucp.pt/citarj/
Indexed by Scopus, ESCI (Web of science),
ProQuest, . . .
Zero budget, volunteer (hard) work only

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9. History and Evolution Process - 2009, 2010
First volume published in 2009
Setting up the foundations (styles, guides, publication process)
Manual editorial process
Distribution was mainly in print

10. Adoption of Open Journal System (OJS)
platform
Started adapting editorial process to OJS
Distribution in print and online
Joined CrossRef, DOAJ,
Joined various other easy to enter indexing
services (in collaboration with Biblioteca UCP)
Adoption of OJS was fundamental for easy
indexing
- OJS integrates with CrossRef
- OJS provides various meta-data extraction
protocols that other services can use (e.g.
DOAJ)
History and Evolution Process - 2011, 2012, 2013

11. History and Evolution Process - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Opened up to special issue proposals
Published two issues regularly (three planned
for 2017, three planned for 2018)
Distribution mainly online (print through
on-demand printing service)
Submitted and accepted in Scopus
Submitted to Thomson Reuters WoS and
accepted in ESCI index (Biblioteca UCP)
Submission to Scopus and WoS required us to
formalize and pay attention to various aspects
of the editorial process:
- Code of ethics
- Instructions for authors and reviewers
- Composition of the editorial board
- Regularity of publication (had always been a
concern

12. History and Evolution Process

13. CITARJ has been a team effort
Current editorial team
Jorge C. S. Cardoso
Cristina Sá
Maria Guilhermina Castro
Sahra Kunz
Other people involved in the editorial teams of
previous years
Álvaro Barbosa
Carlos Sena Caires
Daniela Coimbra
Laura Castro
Sofia Serra
Vitor Teixeira

14. Thank you.
Journal of Science and Technology of
the Arts
Jorge C. S. Cardoso, jorgecardoso@dei.uc.pt, Universidade de Coimbra