[Journal] RE: ISBNs for FOSS4G2008 Proceedings

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Got a couple offline responses, I should probably clarify.  We have  
the ISSN number already - a number for serial publications.  Ideally  
we would get the OSGeo Journal somehow aligned with the academic  
circles enough that when we do peer review, it is good enough for  
them to accept it.  Any tips from that angle?

Tyler

> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
> <tmitchell at osgeo.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Just a snippit from some other communication I had recently -  
>> discussing how
>> they plan to do the proceedings for this years FOSS4G academic  
>> track.  Is
>> anyone familiar with how we might be able to get OSGeo Journal  
>> accredited
>> using one the sources mentioned?
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> Unfortunately, for the proceedings of an academic conference to be
>>> "Recognised Research Output" in South Africa, they must have an  
>>> ISBN (when
>>> published as a stand-alone volume) or be published in an  
>>> accredited journal,
>>> which is a journal appearing in at least one of the following:
>>> (1) The Sciences Citation Index of the Institute of Scientific  
>>> Information
>>> (ISI)
>>> (2) The Social Sciences Citation Index of the ISI
>>> (3) The Arts and Humanities Citation Index of the ISI
>>> (4) The International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS)
>>> (5) The South African Department of Education's list of Approved  
>>> South
>>> African Journals.
>>
>>
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Tyler Mitchell
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Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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