Toolbox

14/12/2022

Creating a journal: legal procedures

The first step is to define the title of the journal. You should therefore: check the availability of the title: simply type the desired name into a search engine or check in the...

Creating a journal Dissemination Identification and indexing Indexation

13/12/2022

Everything you need to know about ISSN

The ISSN is one of the compulsory indications on a serial publication. Who attributes it? What is it for?

Identification and indexing

12/12/2022

IdRef

In order to securely identify researchers with the same name, different identifiers are available. IdRef is a...

Creating a journal Ethics Organisation of the journal

12/12/2022

The peer review process

How to set up a peer review process within your own journal? How does it work? What is the job of a reviewer? What are the...

Dissemination Ethics Intellectual property

09/12/2022

Creative Commons licences

Creative Commons licences, or CC licences, do not replace copyright law. They clarify, in a simple manner, the permissions granted by the...

Creating a journal Dissemination Intellectual property Organisation of the journal

09/12/2022

Dissemination policy

It is important that your dissemination policy and your editorial policy are consistent. Therefore, it is important to consider your dissemination policy in a comprehensive way: the licence adopted by the...

Dissemination Identification and indexing Open access stakeholders

09/12/2022

ORCID

In order to securely identify researchers with the same name, there are different identifiers: ISNI, IdRef, VIAF, ORCID, ResearcherID, idHAL... If some of them are created and attributed automatically by the national libraries, others are not.

Creating a journal Identity of the journal Legal

08/12/2022

Sections of a scientific journal website

When creating your scientific journal, you will create a website. What are the essential headings and what information should be included?

Identification and indexing Indexation Open access stakeholders

05/12/2022

Crossref

Crossref is a DOI registration agency (Link to DOI article). The list of agencies is available on the International DOI Foundation website. Organisation...

Indexation Open access stakeholders

02/12/2022

Mir@bel

Mir@bel is a contraction of "Mutualisation d'Informations sur les Revues et leurs Accès dans les Bases En Ligne" (Mutualisation of Information on Journals and their Access in Online Databases). It is a portal for reporting access to French electronic scientific journals. The platform...