The Xml Journal Submission The Xml Journal Submission System: A Blend Of Change System: A Blend Of Change

Sholeh Arastoopoor, Ph.D.Department of Evaluation and Collection Development

Regional Information center for Science and Technology (RICeST)

arastoopoor@gmail.com

Journal Submission Systems

Benefits Reducing the work load Standardizing the process Makes the information coherent and homogeneous

Added value Makes further analysis/ manipulation possible Their out put can automatically processed Their out put can be used in different systems

simultaneously (facilitated interaction).

Journal Submission Systems (Cont.)

Limitations Sometimes they are complicated The data entry task might be time consuming The data entry should be precise

Challenges Their maintenance is an ongoing process There are always new users and they have to be taught

how to use the system They are not always that user friendly

ISC

Why? Region dependent, thus more specific More visibility, which leads to more use The higher the usage, the higher the IF The higher IF, leads to more willingness for authors

ISC Journal Submission System

For a bout 3 years Semi-Automatic journal submission system Ever increasing work load A good knowledgebase for migrating Keeping up with technological trends and standards

AND NOW WE HAVE

The XML Journal Submission System (β)

Previous Submission System

XML journal submission system ()

Info.s such as Year, Vol., NumberAll of them are required

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Defined in previous stepNew info.s to be provided.Again all of them are required

You can provide additional infos.

Worksheets where you can define the Papers 1

Worksheets where you can define the Papers 2

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Sends the XML files to

ISC database

Gives a copy of XML files

to the operator

What would be the difference?

Work load

Currently about 5 hours a day just for the data entry

This means: Min. 100 hours a month Min. 1200 h. a year

NOW … It’s gone

WHY?

XML sample

XML sample (cont.)

This means (from a minimalistic point of view)

From a system’s view Better system interaction Standard work-flows Multi-purpose outputs

From our view Faster indexing Faster online visibility Faster use Further use of XML files

What would be in near future?

To develop the Arabic Interface To interact with other systems

SCOPUS ISI

Better interaction with journals Those who generate their own XML files Those who cannot generate their XML files

Thank you !