ERIH PLUS criteria
Published 2018-02-01
Only scientific periodicals/journals may be included in ERIH PLUS.
Books, monographic series and conference proceedings are currently not
included in ERIH PLUS. Please note that according to the ERIH PLUS approval procedures, a
journal’s authorship is evaluated by reviewing the issues
published during the last two years (see points 5 and 6 below).
Therefore, in order to be approved in ERIH PLUS, a journal must have a
publication history of at least two years. This is a minimum
criterion.
Journals must meet the following minimum requirements:
- ERIH PLUS requires an explicit description of the journal's
procedures for external/independent peer review. As a minimum, the
journal’s website must describe how the process ensures that
reviewers are independent of the authors, i.e. not affiliated with the
same institution.
- ERIH PLUS requires that the members of the academic editorial
board are listed, along with their affiliations with universities or
other independent research institutions.
- ERIH PLUS requires a valid ISSN code, confirmed by the International ISSN Portal. Be
advised that journals with ISSN codes listed as “assigned to a
publication but not yet confirmed” or “free ISSN”
will not be processed.
- ERIH PLUS requires that all original articles are accompanied
by abstracts in English and/or another international language relevant
for the field. As the ERIH PLUS team needs access to the abstracts in
order to evaluate the journal, they should be available online. It is
not sufficient that the journal’s author/submission guidelines
refer to abstracts.
- ERIH PLUS requires information on author affiliations for all
scholarly articles for the last two years of publication, i.e. the
full names of the respective universities or other independent
research institutions. ERIH PLUS encourages journals also to include
author addresses (either email or postal addresses).
- ERIH PLUS requires that no more than two thirds of the authors
published in the journal are from the same institution. The authorship
of journals is determined by reviewing the last two years of published
issues.
As ERIH PLUS encourages transparency the requested information
should thus be available on the journal’s website. However, if
any of the information has limited availability, e.g. subscribers only,
please notify us, either through a comment in the submission form or by
email at erihplus@nsd.no.
We welcome the submission of all journals within the humanities
and social sciences. However scientific publication channels even if
published outside Europe but used by European scholars will be
prioritized.
Before submitting a new journal to ERIH PLUS, please read the ERIH PLUS
approval procedures.
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Latest news
New ERIH PLUS National Experts
2020-07-01: We are pleased to inform
that we have recruited new National Experts
for the United Kingdom, Russia,
the Netherlands, Ireland, Czech Republic
and Finland. See our list of National
Experts.
ERIH PLUS seminar *Cancelled*
2020-03-13: Dear all,
We are very sorry to inform that, due to the coronavirus outbreak, NSD â Norwegian Centre for Research Data has decided to suspend or cancel all external meetings and seminars in the near future, including the ERIH PLUS seminar 16 April, as a protective measure and to follow the guidance from the Norwegian government. Hence, we have cancelled hotel rooms and seminar dinner reservations related to the seminar.
We sincerely hope that the cancelling of the ERIH PLUS seminar will not be too much of an inconvenience for you, and we plan to arrange the seminar next year.
ERIH PLUS seminar in Bergen (cancelled)
2020-01-23: ERIH PLUS is pleased to announce that the ERIH PLUS seminar will take
place from Wednesday 15 - Thursday 16 April 2020 at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel,
Bergen. The aim is to provide knowledge and give an update on various facets of
the research index.
The program is available here.
The core target group is the National Experts as well as others interested in scholarly communications.
Enquiries regarding the seminar, e.g. if you are interested in participating, can be directed to the
ERIH PLUS Team.
New requirements for documentation
2020-01-02: The ERIH PLUS team announces
new requirements for documentation regarding journal applications
for ERIH PLUS inclusion.
ERIH PLUS by  Dimensions
2019-06-17: ERIH PLUS by Dimensions is a next-generation linked
research information system that makes it easier to find and access
the most relevant information, analyze the academic and broader
outcomes of research in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Read more.
OECD Classification
2019-02-26: You can now use OECD classification as a search
filter for journals in ERIH PLUS. The OECD-Frascati structure
of disciplines will improve the usability of ERIH PLUS data
for bibliometric statistics and research purposes.
Additional member of the Advisory Group
2018-10-09: We are pleased to announce that Dr. Gabi Lombardo has joined
the ERIH PLUS Advisory Group. Dr. Lombardo is the Director
of the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities,
the advocacy and science policy organization
[…] Read more.
New National Expert countries
2018-10-01: We are strengthening our expertise, as ERIH PLUS has recruited
national experts from Germany, Ukraine and Slovenia.
See our list of
National Experts.
Open Access journals
2018-07-02: ERIH PLUS are marking the journals with
DOAJ as a standard for Open Access.
Fact: 1600+ journals in ERIH PLUS are also in DOAJ.
Privacy Notice regarding GDPR
2018-07-01: Your data and your rights.
Read more.
ERIH PLUS — three years at the Norwegian Centre for Research Data
2017-12-20: July 9, 2017 marked ERIH PLUS' three year anniversary
here at NSD — The Norwegian Centre for Research Data in Bergen,
Norway. To celebrate this anniversary, the ERIH PLUS Team wishes to
share some of the developments made over the three year period.
Read more.
ERIH PLUS revision completed
2017-09-06: Between 2015 and 2017 all journals transferred
from ERIH to ERIH PLUS were revised against the new ERIH PLUS
criteria. The aim of the revision was to ensure that all indexed
journals follow the ERIH PLUS standard. The revision process was
completed on August 31, 2017. All journals not complying with the
ERIH PLUS criteria by this date are no longer indexed. However, the
outcome of the revision is not final. ERIH PLUS maintains records
of these journals, and they may request a re-evaluation on basis of
new documentation indicating compliance with the criteria.
Read more.
Fake academia
2017-03-29: A seminar addressing predatory journals and fake news.
See announcement at Bergen
Resource Centre for International Development and
Centre
on Law & Social Transformation.
Open Access as an academic publishing requirement
2016-11-22: By 2020, all academic publications are to be
based on the Open Access principle; in other words, they are
to be freely accessible.
Read more.
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Archived news
Planned downtime during weekend
2019-12-04: Service announcement: Due to server maintenance, all NSD's websites
and services will be out of operation between Thursday 5 December 22:00 and
Monday 9 December 12:00.
Read more.
Warning: Service disruptions
2018-10-19: ERIH PLUS may experience service disruptions
on 2018-10-20 due to work on infrastructure.
ERIH PLUS revision ending
2017-05-10: All journals transferred to ERIH PLUS as approved journals
from the ERIH-register are currently being revised against the ERIH
PLUS criteria. Once all ERIH journals have been revised, journals
that do not comply with the ERIH PLUS criteria will no longer be
listed as approved journals in ERIH PLUS.
Read more.
Downloaded more than 600 times
2016-03-21: We are both surprised and happy to see that our
new and free to use downloadable list of all included journals is
so much used. Approximately 600 times it has been downloaded in the
first month. This tells us that this application has
been awaited and that it has improved our service to the research
community with interests in Social Sciences and Humanities
journals.
Download ERIH PLUS list
2016-02-15: The list is open and free to download.
ERIH PLUS REVISION STARTING
2015-08-26: Starting fall 2015 all journals transferred from ERIH to ERIH PLUS will be revised against the ERIH PLUS criteria.
Read more.
ERIH PLUS Conference 2015 in Bergen
Summary with presentations
Presentations are now available.
Announcement
NSD will host an ERIH PLUS Conference in Bergen May 28-29 to mark the start of ERIH PLUS.
The conference will start with a meeting for the ERIH PLUS Advisory Group on the 28th of May at NSD.
On the 29th of May there will be a Conference seminar on Hotel Radisson BLU for the Advisory Group,
The National Experts and the NSD staff working with ERIH PLUS. The aim of the Conference is to create
a forum for common understanding of ERIH PLUS.
Bergen and Strasbourg, 9th July 2014
The European Science Foundation (ESF)
and the NSD - Norwegian Centre for
Research Data are pleased to announce that the transfer of the
European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) to NSD has been
completed and ERIH PLUS is now accessible at the NSD website:
https://erihplus.nsd.no/
Following the memorandum of understanding signed in January 2014,
NSD will now operate the new reference index for scientific journals in
the humanities and social sciences. Our goal is to enhance the global
visibility of high-quality research in the humanities and social
sciences across Europe, and to facilitate access to research journals
published in all European languages. ERIH PLUS encompasses
the original ERIH lists, which initially only covered the humanities
disciplines. The new reference index is called ERIH PLUS, in order to
indicate that the list has been extended to also include social science
disciplines.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
We are pleased to announce that ERIH PLUS is ready to receive
submissions for the inclusion of journals.
To be included, the scientific journal must meet the benchmark
standards described here.
For submissions of new journals for inclusion in ERIH PLUS,
please submit new journal.
All submissions are guaranteed a response regardless of the
outcome of the evaluation process.
The submission will be evaluated by the ERIH PLUS team in due time. The waiting time for new submissions to be processed can be up to five months.
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