Abstract

Purpose

This paper presents an overview of different kinds of lists of scholarly publication channels and of experiences related to the construction and maintenance of national lists supporting performance-based research funding systems. It also contributes with a set of recommendations for the construction and maintenance of national lists of journals and book publishers.

Design/methodology/approach

The study is based on analysis of previously published studies, policy papers, and reported experiences related to the construction and use of lists of scholarly publication channels.

Findings

Several countries have systems for research funding and/or evaluation, that involve the use of national lists of scholarly publication channels (mainly journals and publishers). Typically, such lists are selective (do not include all scholarly or non-scholarly channels) and differentiated (distinguish between channels of different levels and quality). At the same time, most lists are embedded in a system that encompasses multiple or all disciplines. This raises the question how such lists can be organized and maintained to ensure that all relevant disciplines and all types of research are adequately represented.

Research limitation

The conclusions and recommendations of the study are based on the authors’ interpretation of a complex and sometimes controversial process with many different stakeholders involved.

Practical implications

The recommendations and the related background information provided in this paper enable mutual learning that may feed into improvements in the construction and maintenance of national and other lists of scholarly publication channels in any geographical context. This may foster a development of responsible evaluation practices.

Originality/value

This paper presents the first general overview and typology of different kinds of publication channel lists, provides insights on expert-based versus metrics-based evaluation, and formulates a set of recommendations for the responsible construction and maintenance of publication channel lists.

中文翻译：

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全国学术出版渠道清单：其建设和维护的概述和建议

摘要

目的

本文概述了各种学术出版渠道清单，以及与构建和维护支持基于绩效的研究资助系统的国家清单有关的经验。它还为构建和维护国家期刊和图书出版商清单提供了一系列建议。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究是基于对先前发表的研究，政策文件以及所报道的与构建和使用学术出版渠道清单有关的经验的分析。

发现

几个国家/地区拥有用于研究资助和/或评估的系统，涉及使用国家学术出版渠道清单（主要是期刊和出版商）。通常，这样的列表是选择性的（不包括所有学术或非学术渠道）并且是有区别的（区分不同级别和质量的渠道）。同时，大多数列表都嵌入到包含多个或所有学科的系统中。这就提出了一个问题，即如何组织和维护这样的清单，以确保充分代表所有相关学科和所有类型的研究。

研究局限性

该研究的结论和建议基于作者对一个复杂的，有时是有争议的过程的解释，其中涉及许多不同的利益相关者。

实际影响

本文中提供的建议和相关的背景信息使相互学习成为可能，从而可以促进在任何地理环境下国家和其他学术出版物渠道清单的建设和维护。这可以促进负责任评估实践的发展。

创意/价值

本文介绍了不同类型的出版物渠道清单的第一篇概述和类型，提供了有关基于专家和基于指标的评估的见解，并为负责任的出版物渠道清单的建设和维护提出了一系列建议。