FECYT opens the third call for Editorial quality evaluation and scientific of the Spanish 2011 scientific journals.

Madrid, 2011-October the Spanish Foundation for science and technology launches the third edition of the call for TRUSTedoes of Editorial quality and scientific the journal scientific Spanish 2011 which recognizes the highest quality publications.

The objective of this initiative is to promote the visibility and positioning of the scientific production and innovation Spanish at international level. In each edition, has increased the interest of the magazines for participating in this process and to improve the quality of its publications. Thus, in the first edition of 2007 were 226 magazines, of which 33 exceeded the evaluation. In 2009 there were 443 and 46 were excellent rating.

Journals to overcome successfully the evaluation process will get the seal of quality FECYT as recognition of his scientific and editorial quality. This recognition, it gives FECYT for a period of three years from the final resolution of the corresponding grade. In addition, FECYT offers journals access to the tool of electronic publishing management hosted on the Spanish repository of science and technology.

In this new round, the evaluation process consists of two phases. The first is the phase of evaluation of the editorial quality, which carried out the assessment of the information and documentation received by twelve standards, that previously, in the period of inscription magazine will have responded on their implementation. The second phase is the evaluation of the scientific quality, and it will assess the journal depending on their orientation and structure of the magazine and his articles.

The process in this third edition has been simplified and has included a significant innovation: the need to present the electronic signature of the director of the magazine at the time of attach documentation required once the rectification of errors of the registration period expires

this evaluation process is carried out by an evaluation committee composed of independent experts and may, moreover, seek the views of experts external.

about FECYT

the Spanish Foundation for science and technology (FECYT) is a public Foundation incorporated in 2001dependent of the Ministry of science and innovation. Its strategic areas include the promote visibility and positioning of the scientific production and Spanish innovation with global reach. In this way, one of the specific objectives of its activity is to promote the presence of Spanish scientific publications in international data bases and the market of the scientific journals.