USING THE JUFO PORTAL
The JUFO portal is a service intended for members of the Publication Forum´s evaluation panels, researchers and other people working in science, where you can search for information on scientific series, conferences and book publishers and suggest a level rating for publication channels. It is also possible to propose new publication channels for evaluation and suggest corrections to the bibliographic information through the portal. This document only describes the use of the JUFO portal. More detailed information about the Publication Forum can be found on our website at www.julkaisufoorumi.fi/en .
To sign in to the portal, click the “Sign in” button at the top right corner of the page. It is possible to make searches without signing in but as a logged-in user you be able to:
Access to all bibliographic information.
Propose new publication channels for evaluation.
Suggest level amendments or corrections to the bibliographic information of publication channels.
Make your own top10 list.
Use the Assign to me function.
Contents:
Searching publication channels
Publication channel information
SIGNING IN TO THE PORTAL
Logging into the JUFO portal takes place via Eduuni. Logging in for the first time requires the creation of an Eduuni ID, unless the user already has one.
Click "Sign in" button at the top right corner of the portal. You will be redirected to the Eduuni login page.
If you are a new Eduuni user, register an Eduuni ID by clicking "Rekisteröidy tästä". If you already are an Eduuni user, please select your organisation from the list (only Haka organisations) or the login method of your choice to continue.
Please follow the instructions of your chosen login method.
SEARCHING PUBLICATION CHANNELS
Basic search
You can search for a publication channel by name and its different versions, as well as by the publication channel's unique identifier, i.e. JufoID. You can also search for series by ISSN code, book publishers by ISBN code and conferences by abbreviation. The search displays publication channels that are stored in the Publication Forum database and are still active. Finally, you can download your search results to an Excel file.
Filters
You can narrow down your search based on, for example, the Publication Forum level or open access.
The JUFO levels are:
3 = highest level
2 = leading level
1 = basic level
Publication channels that don’t meet the criteria for level 1 are marked with level 0.
Publication channels that lack level rating are currently in evaluation for the first time.
Open access filters:
Open access: Publication channel allows immediate open access.
Self-archiving (immediate): Allows self-archiving of published or accepted version without embargo.
FinElib: Covered by FinELib agreement for open access publishing (without or reduced APC). Please check the details for the FinELib websites.
Under Additional filters you can narrow down your search by publication type, language, country, field of science or evaluation panel.
By selecting Include inactive also inactive publication channels will be included to your search.
By selecting New level proposals you´ll get a list of those publication channels where evaluation panels have proposed a change for level rating from the beginning of next year.
Logged-in users: If you have previously made your own entries, notes, suggestions or top10 listings, you can limit the search to these by selecting the checkboxes.
You can limit your search according to MinEdu, ERIH Plus, Web of Science or Scopus field of science categories. Some of the publication channels are marked with several classifications: the more categories you select, the wider the search result you get. MinEdu category refers to Statistics Finland's Field of Science 2010 classification used in MinEdu data collection (based on OECD's FOS classification). The Publication Forum secretariat assigns the MinEdu category to serial publications and conferences when they are added to the database as new publication channels. WoS and Scopus classifications can be found for those journals that are indexed in those databases.
In addition, you can limit your search based on the following indexing information:
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): A directory developed in international cooperation that indexes peer-reviewed open access journals. All contents of the journals indexed in DOAJ are immediately openly available. Journals must have an ISSN code, editor-in-chief and/or editorial board, peer review process, and their own website with comprehensive background information (e.g. author guidelines, author fees, open access and copyright information).
Journal.fi: An editorial and publishing service for scientific journals which is maintained by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies.
Bielefeld Gold OA: A list of immediately open publication channels (Gold OA) produced by the German University of Bielefeld. The sources of information are Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), PubMed Central, OpenAPC and Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ROAD).
Web of Science
Scopus
Sherpa Romeo: An online service where it is possible to search the open access policy of registered journals and publishers. The service is maintained by the non-profit organisation Jisc (Joint Information Systems Committee).
PUBLICATION CHANNEL INFORMATION
Basic information
The detailed information of the publication channel can be displayed by clicking on the name of the channel. Basic information includes bibliographical information, indexing information, and field of science. In addition, the data shows which panel evaluates the publication channel. The information indicates whether the publication channel is currently under evaluation, and if so, the deadline for the evaluation is also indicated. The evaluation history shows what level the publication channel has had in previous years.
Links
Website of the publication channel: The link is displayed if the information is stored in connection with the publication channel
Sherpa Romeo: The link takes the user to the publication channel information in Sherpa Romeo if it is indexed there.
Tiedejatutkimus.fi link takes the user to information on the publications connected to the publication channel in the tiedejatutkimus.fi portal. The portal contains publication data reported to the Ministry of Education and Culture for universities and university hospitals from 2011 and for universities of applied sciences from 2012. Publication data is also available from some state research institutes.
Plan S Journal checker tool: With this widget the user can check whether the open access conditions of a specific research funder are met for the publication channel.
Open access
The information is regularly retrieved from external databases so the current situation must be checked directly from the service.
Open Access: The sources of information are the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Bielefeld University Gold OA list, manual review and publishers' journal lists. Data sources have been prioritised so that the DOAJ acts as the primary data source and the Bielefeld list as a secondary data source.
Self-archiving: The information source is Sherpa Romeo. The green mark means that, according to Sherpa Romeo, the journal allows immediate self-archiving of accepted or published versions of the manuscript. An X means that the journal does not allow immediate self-archiving.
FinELib: The information has been checked from the FinELib's "Publish Open Access" page. Some of the lists are not yet in a machine-readable format. Please notice that the FinELib agreements include journals that are not classified in the Publication Forum, so they do not appear in the JUFO portal either.
Licence: Data sources are Sherpa Romeo, DOAJ, manual review and publisher's journal lists.
Indexing
Sherpa Romeo is an online service where it is possible to review the open access policy of registered journals and publishers. The service is maintained by the non-profit organisation Jisc (Joint Information Systems Committee).
What does the indexing mean? The indexing means that the publisher has registered its open access policy in the Sherpa Romeo service. In the publication channel listing on the front page of the portal, the information about immediate self-archiving is displayed. In the column “self-arch”, a green mark indicates those channels that allow immediate self-archiving of accepted or published versions of the manuscript, and a black mark indicates channels that do not allow it. More information on Sherpa Romeo inclusion criteria.
Directory of Open Access Journals eli DOAJ is a directory developed in international cooperation that indexes peer-reviewed open access journals. The service is maintained by the non-profit organisation Infrastructure Services for Open Access C.I.C.
What does the indexing mean? All content of journals indexed in DOAJ are immediately openly available. Journals must have an ISSN code, editor-in-chief and/or editorial board, peer review process and their own website with comprehensive background information (e.g. author guidelines, author fees, open access and copyright information). More information on DOAJ inclusion criteria.
Bielefeld University Gold OA list is a list of immediately open access publication channels (Gold OA) produced by the German Bielefeld University. The sources of information are Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), PubMed Central, OpenAPC and Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ROAD).
What does the indexing mean? The indexing tells you which publication channels are included in the Bielefeld service.
Journal.fi An editorial and publishing service for scientific journals which is maintained by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies.
What does the indexing mean? The indexing indicates which domestic scientific journals are included in the Journal.fi service. Some of the journals are immediately open access and others operate with an embargo.
Web of Science is a service owned by Clarivate Analytics that contains abstract and citation information. The best known products are Science Citation Index Expanded, Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. WoS best covers natural sciences and medicine.
What does the indexing mean? The journals indexed in the catalogs of the WoS Core Collection are peer-reviewed, aimed at an international audience, regularly published and ethically acceptable in their editorial practices. Journals are required to provide at least descriptive information in English. In addition, reference analysis is used in the selection. More information on WoS inclusion criteria.
Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database, of whose products CiteScore is also used by the Publication Forum. Scopus covers different disciplines more widely than WoS.
What does the indexing mean? The journals are peer-reviewed, and their peer review practices and publication ethics guidelines are publicly available. The journals have a registered ISSN code and at least the titles and summaries of the articles are available in English. More information on Scopus inclusion criteria.
ERIH PLUS is a database focused on social sciences and humanities. In 2014, the responsibility for maintaining the database was transferred from The European Science Foundation to NSD (Norsk Senter for forskningsdata).
What does the indexing mean? Journals accepted into the ERIH PLUS database are peer-reviewed, and have an editorial board consisting of experts and a registered ISSN number. Abstracts of research articles must be available in English or another language relevant to the discipline. A maximum of two-thirds of the authors may be from the same organisation. More information on ERIH PLUS inclusion criteria.
VOL The three-year average of the publication volume of the publication channel. The panels can upgrade at maximum 25% of the combined publication volume of the publication channels on levels 1-3 in their lists to levels 2 and 3 (level 3 max. 10% of the total publication volume).
Numerical and bibliometric indicators (logged-in users)
NOTE! You can get the most reliable information by searching directly from the data provider's database or website. Especially for various analyses and studies, we recommend that you get the information from the original source.
Norwegian classification i.e., officially Norsk register over vitenskapelige publiseringskanaler (The Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers) is an evaluation system equivalent to the Publications Forum classification. There are two levels in the Norwegian classification: 1 = basic level and 2 = leading level. NSD - Norsk senter for forskningsdata is responsible for maintaining the rating.
What does the classification mean? Publication channels approved for at least level 1 need to be peer-reviewed and have an editorial board consisting of experts and a registered ISSN or ISBN number. A maximum of two-thirds of the authors may be from the same organisation.
Danish classification is an evaluation system equivalent to the Publication Forum classification. Lists of approved publication channels are called Autoritetslister for series og forlag. Like Norway, the Danish classification has two levels: 1 = basic level and 2 = leading level. A small number of journals can also be placed at level 3 in the Danish classification. The Styrelsen for Forskning og Innovation under the Danish Ministry of Education and Research is responsible for maintaining the classification. Note! The ministry has decided to discontinue updating of the classification. The classification was last updated in 2021.
What does the classification mean? Publication channels approved for at least level 1 need to be peer-reviewed scientific publication channels. Peer reviewers must be at least doctoral-level experts. A maximum of two-thirds of the authors may be from the same organisation.
CiteScore is based on data from Elsevier's Scopus database. It describes the average citation accumulation per article. It is calculated by dividing the total number of citations received by the articles in the journal by the number of articles published in the previous three years. CiteScore is comparable to Journal Impact Factor, but it uses three years of citation accumulation instead of two. The indicator is available for most serial publications indexed in Scopus (journals, book series, conference series).
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is based on data from Elsevier's Scopus database. The coefficient is defined according to the number of journals stored in the database and the "authority" of the citations received by each journal's articles. All citations are therefore not equal, but a "prestige value" is calculated for each journal from three components: the minimum value for the journal's placement in the database, the number of individual articles in the database, and the number and level of citations received by the journal's articles. The level of citations received depends on the level of journals they come from. The prestige value of the journal is normalised by relating the value to the number of individual publications (articles, reviews, other texts) published in each journal. This makes it possible to compare large and small journals in terms of publication volume. The indicator can be calculated for journals of all disciplines and it takes into account the different annual citation accumulations of different research fields. The SJR values are compared to the mean of 1, which facilitates the comparison of journals.
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) is based on data from Elsevier's Scopus database. It measures impact by weighting citations in relation to the total number of citations in the discipline. That is, in fields where there are fewer references, the weight of a single reference is greater than in fields that collect a lot of references. Like the Journal Impact Factor, the coefficient is based on the raw citation average of the journal's publications, but it is calculated by dividing the number of publications published in three consecutive years (e.g. 2006–2008) by the number of citations those publications received in the fourth year (2009). Because of this, the indicator gives a more reliable picture of the citation accumulation of journals in disciplines that collect citations more slowly. The indicator therefore takes into account the differences by discipline due to the uneven coverage of the database and different publication practices, and the coefficient has also been calculated for journals in the humanities.
The Top10 column tells how many users of the JUFO portal have listed the publishing channel among the ten most important series or book publishers.
FUNCTIONS FOR LOGGED-IN USERS
Members of the scientific community can participate in the Publication Forum classification by proposing amendments. Follow the instructions below to propose a new publication channel for classification or to suggest a higher or lower level for a publication channel. It is also possible to propose a correction to the bibliographic information of a publication channel (e.g. name, ISSN-number).
Proposals for level amendments
Search for the publication channel whose level you want to propose a change to. Behind the pinion icon on the left side of the publication channel name, you will find a form that you can use to propose an amendment to the level of previously evaluated publication channels. First click on the pinion and then select the option "Propose level amendment". Remember to justify your proposal. Please note that publication channels belonging to levels 2 and 3 are re-evaluated every four years.
Proposals for new additions
You can suggest new publication channels to be added to the Publication Forum classification by clicking the "Suggest new channels" button in the upper right corner of the JUFO portal and filling out the form. The panels evaluate new publication channels to level 1 or 0. The evaluation process takes about 2-5 months. Please avoid making multiple proposals for the same publication channel. Remember to justify your proposal.
Proposals for correcting bibliographic information
Search for the publication channel whose bibliographic information you want to propose a correction. Behind the pinion icon on the left side of the publication channel name, you will find a form that you can use to propose a correction. First click on the pinion and then select the option "Propose corrections to metadata".
Other functions
With the “Assign to me” button, you can create a list of publication channels of your interest. With the “Add to top 10 list” function, you can create a list of the ten most important series and the ten most important book publishers in your field. The statistics from the listings will be used by the evaluation panels of the Publication Forum.
FAQ AND MOST FREQUENT ERRORS
Logging into the portal causes an error message or the page does not download or it remains blank.
This is usually a cache issue. Please try if the following steps help:
Go to https://jfp.csc.fi/fi/c/portal/logout , this will log you out properly.
Close and reopen your browser or use another browser.
Go to the JUFO portal at https://jfp.csc.fi/ and sign in.
If the problem continues, please contact the JUFO secretariat at: julkaisufoorumi(at)tsv.fi.