iKNiTO
Journal Evaluation
Manage and Monitor Publication of Academic Journals
Timely Publication
If you are overseeing a number of scientific journals, then you certainly need to monitor their timeliness and orderly publication. iKNiTO JVAL gives you tools for continulously monitoring your jornals
Global Exposure
As part of your monitoring procedures, you can determine how well a journal is exposed globally. The best way is to monitor proper indexing of each journal in related ranking indecies
Completeness
Check and rank journals based on their website information and your ability to collect all required data for your evaluation
Be A World-Class Publisher
iKNiTO JVAL is a unique total solution designed for national or regional organizations responsible for monitoring and evaluation of their scientific presses. It allows stakeholders to examine each of the scientific publications and rank based on timely publication of each issue, indexing of the journal in major ranking sites, and journal website quality and completeness of journal information.
iKNiTO JVAL is primarily designed with large consortia in mind. These are some major regional or national organizations who oversee publication of journals by their affiliates.
Who is Doing It?
iKNiTO JVAL is designed for regional or national bodies responsible for monitoring their affiliates publishing quality. There will be a number of people involved and iKNiTO JVAL will have roles and responsibilities correspondingly.
System Manager
Manages the system in terms of its web site, changes in publications information, addition or omission of publications, dissemination of emails to users, publication evaluation forms
Publication Manager
Each publication (journal) has a manager who enters the system by his/her username and password, and updates publications information
Work Group Specialist
All publications are categorized based on their subjects. Each subject will be associated with a Work Group and the Specialist of the Work Group is responsible for sending publications to referees for evaluation. He or she could also participate in the evaluation
Work Group Members
Review publications which are evaluated by the Specialist
Work Group Manager
Oversees evaluations of its members and either confirms or re-evaluates
Secretary to the Publications Commission
Either applies the evaluation of rankings given by others in above roles or returns to Work Groups for further examination
