Monthly Archives: October 2018

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Introduction to JATS (Journal Article Tag Suite)

Deborah A. Lapeyre, one of the developers of JATS and a member of the JATS secretariat, introduces us to the ANSI/NISO standard for the XML interchange of journal articles.
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Implications of SciELO in the history of science coverage in LA&C

Historical data on the presence of America/Latin America in bibliographic sources were used as references to review the implications of SciELO in the recent coverage of scientific journals in the region. Three scenarios were mentioned. Expansion of modern science (journals and catalog of the Royal Society, XVII-XIX centuries); hegemony of the Anglo-Saxon citation indexes (20th century); diversification of coverage and type of indexes (21st century). Through the citation geography visible in SciELO, signs of changes can be seen in the specialization of regional journals as cited sources; we believe that this trend will continue in journals covering regional issues. Text available only in Spanish. Read More →

SciELO 20 years: from visionary to indispensable [Originally published in Jornal da Unicamp in October/2018]

SciELO celebrates 20 years, surpassing in these two decades the mark of 1,200 journals from 14 countries, indexed and accessible through its portal. There are more than 700,000 daily hits. The project is still a pioneer producing an information source complementary to the international bibliographic and bibliometric databases. Read More →

How journals can make the most of Crossref membership

Welcome to the Crossref/SciELO blog series on DOIs and the metadata associated with these persistent identifiers. In the previous posts Chrissie Cormack Wood, Head of Communications introduced you to Crossref, I talked about the critical role of the DOI, Isaac Farley, Crossref Support Manager, wrote about the difference between preprints and ahead of print, and Rachael Lammey, Head of Community Outreach discussed the options for DOI acquisition. This blog completes this series, and provides information on how journals can extend their use of Crossref DOIs to additional services. Read More →