Scholarly publishers indicators: Prestige, specialization and review systems of scholarly book publishers

Authors

  • Elea Giménez-Toledo El profesional de la información
  • Jorge Mañana-Rodrí­guez
  • Carlos-Miguel Tejada-Artigas

Keywords:

Book assessment, Scholarly publishers, Scientific monographs, Thematic specialization, Publishers´ prestige, Humanities, Social sciences, Scientific assessment, SPI, Scholarly Publishers´ Indicators

Abstract

This work presents the updated version of the public information system SPI (Scholarly Publishers´ Indicators), developed by íLIA (research group on scholarly books), which belongs to the Spanish National Research Council. SPI contains three types of indicators about book publishers: prestige according to expert opinions; thematic specialization according to Dilve (information on Spanish books for sale) classification; and manuscript selection procedures according to each publisher´s answers to a survey. SPI Expanded is also described as an information system which provides information about each scholarly publisher´s indexation in four international information systems. The methodological specifications for the design of SPI Expanded in each of the dimensions are presented. Finally, the functionalities and current use as a reference in the assessment process of scholarly publishers´ output are detailed.

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Published

2015-12-01

How to Cite

Giménez-Toledo, E., Mañana-Rodrí­guez, J., & Tejada-Artigas, C.-M. (2015). Scholarly publishers indicators: Prestige, specialization and review systems of scholarly book publishers. Profesional De La información, 24(6), 855–860. Retrieved from https://revista.profesionaldelainformacion.com/index.php/EPI/article/view/41738