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InternetVirtual LibrarySciELO

The SciELO Model

for the cooperative electronic publishingin developing countries

10th International Conference of Science Editors,Rio de Janeiro, August 27-30, 2000

Abel L. PackerBIREME/PAHO/WHO, DirectorSciELO Project, Operational Coordinator

SciELO Model

Evolution

Phase 1 - Pilot project: March 1997- May 1998

development of SciELO Methodology

pilot operation of 10 journals in the Internet

Phase 2 - SciELO Sites : June 1998 - May 2001

operation of individual SciELO sites

widening partnership

Phase 3 - Network SciELO Sites : June 2001 - May 2003

development of a network of SciELO Sites

building of LA&C national and regional bibliometric indicators

SciELO Model

SciELO Project - development forces - 1996

FAPESP: demand of an index to control, make visible and evaluate Brazilian scientific journals

BIREME: demand of a methodology to promote the transition to electronic publishing, specially for the health sciences literature from LA&C referenced by LILACS

ABEC: development of scientific communication in Brazil

Internet: emergence/predominance of Internet as the universal publishing medium

need of a comprehensive electronic publishing approach envisaging to overcome developing countries scientific communication vicious circle - information technology enabling a common methodology/model

the access to scientific and technical information is essential for economic and social development

research results are mainly communicated and validated through publication in scientific journals

developed countries have a very well established scientific communication infrastructure

only a small percentage of the scientific production from developing countries shares this infrastructure

SciELO Model

foundations

SciELO Model

… - foundations

most of the developing countries scientific journals lack adequate distribution and dissemination

in consequence, local generated scientific information is lost or have a limited impact

the scientific information generated in the developing countries should be universally accessible and valued

it will increase the usage and impact of local information on decision making processes at different levels

it will contribute to develop a positive feedback to local scientific journals and therefore to overcome the marginalization vicious circle

contribute to the development and impact of the scientific research in Latin America and Caribbean by improving and widening the means of dissemination, publication, and evaluation of research results

- visibility- accessibility

- quality

- credibility- systematic evaluation actual value - usage, impact, ...

global and specific objectives

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citations in 1999 toJournal articles published in: articles published in: IF

1998 1997 1997+1998 1998 1997 1997+1998Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 159 211 370 52 44 96 0.259459Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 69 75 144 4 13 17 0.118056Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 75 66 141 19 23 42 0.297872

Example of measuring impact using SciELO data from Brazilian tropical medicine related journals

Example of measuring impact using SciELO data from Brazilian tropical medicine related journals

citations in 1999 to

articles published in: articles published in: IF98 97 97+98 98 97 97+98

159 211 370 52 44 96 0.2595

69 75 144 4 13 17 0.1181

75 66 141 19 23 42 0.2979

Memórias do InstitutoOswaldo Cruz

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Components

• SciELO Methodology

• SciELO Sites

• Network of SciELO Sites

SciELO Model

SciELO Model

SciELO Methodology

preparation, storage, preservation, publication, linking, dissemination and evaluation of scientific journals

compatible with international standards and initiatives

exportable/adequate to developing countries conditions

cooperative development - capacity building

public domain for the SciELO Network

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interchange w/ developing countries related projects/initiatives: INASP, BIOLINE, UNESCO, ICSU, open archiving, etc.

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. PM

. HTML

MarkupSGMLDTD

parser correctionconversion to HTML

fulltextpresentation &markup

load intodesktop database

ftp to InternetSciELO Server

Internet SciELO site

reports

. Latex

interface

. PDF….

integrated collection of scientific journals

integrated bibliographic [control] data base

integrated measurement of usage and impact

SciELO Methodology

dynamic link with national, regional and international data bases

• indicators: usage - hits, impact - citation, links, ... • scientific

• peer review

• editorial board

• periodicity

• age

• on time

• english title, abstract and keywords

• bibliographic standards

• indexing in international databases

Selection criteria - inclusion and permanency

application under responsibility of a National Advisory Committee ( fapesp, bireme, cnpq, capes, editors)

• SciELO << >>SciELO

• SciELO << >> bibliographic databases

• SciELO >>> fulltext databases

• SciELO <<>> Lattes Platform - CV and Research Groups

Linking

Transfer of metadata to bibliographic data bases

LILACS

PubMed - MEDLINEothers

SciELO Model

SciELO Sites2decentralized collections of journals using SciELO Methodology

national sites

regional thematic sites

Brazil - 51 titles - www.scielo.br

Chile - 16 titles - www.scielo.cl

* Costa Rica - 5 titles - www.scielo.sa.cr* Cuba - www.sld.cu/scielo

public health: 5 titles - Brazil, Mexico,PAHO,Spain

future: ?!!?

future: ?!!?

SciELO Model

Network of SciELO Sites3

portal: www.scielo.org

links to individual SciELO Sites

future developments

cooperation among national and regional scientific communication instances

integrated search

national and regional usage and impact indicators

SciELO Model

major challenges

text treatment: xml

fully decentralization - operation of network of SciELO sites and SciELO journals

indicators -quality control - evaluation - improvement

economic sustainability model

publication on the fly - article oriented

virtual journal - mySciELO

research funds, public funds, publicity, access control: subscription policies - per jounal title, SciELO Sites, subsets, pay-per-view

search/navigation/linking: multi [-language,-discipline, -etc