National Lists of Scholarly Publication Channels: An Overview and Recommendations for Their Construction and Maintenance

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of different kinds of lists of scholarly publication channels and of experiences related to the construction and maintenance of national lists supporting performance-based research funding systems. It also contributes with a set of recommendations for the construction and maintenance of national lists of journals and book publishers.

Keywords

• publication channel lists
• research funding
• scholarly communication
• journal ranking