Brazilian Scientific Journals that Use the Open Journals Systems (OJS): A Quality Analysis.

Authors

  • Luisa Veras de Sandes Guimarães Fundação Getúlio Vargas de São Paulo - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração Pública e Governo.
  • Sely Maria de Souza Costa Universidade de Brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4301/s1807-17752012000100004

Keywords:

Scholarly and Scientific Electronic Journals, Open Access to Scientific Literature, Open Journal Systems (OJS), Journals Quality

Abstract

This study aimed to assess whether Brazilian journals that use the Open Journal Systems (OJS) for publishing comply with quality requirements necessary to scientific journals. To this end, it was necessary to search in literature the main criteria for evaluating quality, selecting those considered most relevant. The universe of the research was comprised of 236 journals (the ones that were correctly registered in their knowledge area in the system Web site by June 2010). The sample’s nature is intentional and, according to the established criteria, 78 journals were selected for the study. The quality aspects evaluated were: editorial board, authors, rules for article submission, peer review, age, format, language of publication and journals impact. The results indicate that the studied journals partially met the criteria established for the research.

Author Biographies

Luisa Veras de Sandes Guimarães, Fundação Getúlio Vargas de São Paulo - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração Pública e Governo.

Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração Pública e Governo da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Sely Maria de Souza Costa, Universidade de Brasília

Doutora em Ciência da Informação pela Loughborough University (1999). Professor adjunto da Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

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Published

2012-04-30

How to Cite

Guimarães, L. V. de S., & Costa, S. M. de S. (2012). Brazilian Scientific Journals that Use the Open Journals Systems (OJS): A Quality Analysis. Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management, 9(1), 61–88. https://doi.org/10.4301/s1807-17752012000100004

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2012)

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