Evaluating standards for scientific journals. DOI as an evaluation criterion of a scientific journal

T.M. Yatskiv
Science of Ukraine in the Global Information Space
Year: 2017
Issue: 14
Pagination: 106-113
Publication Language: Ukrainian

The article examines the evaluation criteria of the level of scientific journals, which want to enter international scientometric databases in order to increase the quality of Ukrainian scientific journals and to expand their presence in the global scientific and information space, which is a part of the global citation index. The requirements of international databases to periodicals are analyzed. Some general guidelines for preparation of the journals for entering the international scientometric databases are formulated. The correlation between information content of CrossRef Agency and DOIs is described. Effective mechanism for cross-referencing, which promotes the growth of the number of citations of scientific publications, is specified.


Keywords: international scientometric databases Web of Science and Scopus, DOI, CrossRef Agency, scientific publications, database, search engine