The document discusses SciELO SA, an open access scholarly publication project established by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) at the request of the South African Department of Science and Technology. SciELO SA aims to increase the visibility, accessibility, indexibility and impact of South African scholarly journals. It has grown significantly since 2014, with the number of titles increasing from 41 to 58, journal issues doubling from 529 to 1,051, and articles growing from 8,844 to 15,967. Starting in 2016, SciELO SA will introduce XML files, Creative Commons licensing, and DOIs for all journals to increase interoperability with international indexes.

1. Applying scientific thinking
in the service of society
SciELO SA
NSEF meeting
9 September 2015

2. SciELO SA
The SciELO SA open access project is one of the
Scholarly Publishing Unit projects at ASSAf
SciELO = Scientific Electronic Library Online
SciELO SA = 1 of the 14 SciELO Network
collections.

3. SciELO SA

4. SciELO SA
SciELO SA was established
as a recommendation of the report
“Strategic approach to scholarly publishing”
and engagement stakeholders such as
the DST, DHET and NRF.
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5. Mandate
• At the request of the Department of Science &
Technology (DST) the SciELO SA Collection was
established by the Academy of Science of
South Africa (ASSAf)
• SciELO SA is funded by DST
• It is endorsed by the Department of Higher
Education and Training (DHET) through its
accredited indexes
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6. SciELO SA
• SciELO SA is a full-text searchable database
of selected, high-quality South African
open access scholarly journals.
• The main focus is global dissemination of
open access journal content.
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7. SciELO SA Purpose
Purpose of SciELO SA: To increase the visibility,
accessibility, indexibility and impact
of South African scholarly journals.
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8. The SciELO Citation Index (SCI) is part of the WoS Portal
(Note that the SCI is not part of the WoS Core Collection)

9. SciELO SA Usage
To date, texts in the SciELO SA open access collection
have been viewed more than three million times
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10. 100%
increase

11. * Aim to add one title per month
Size of the SciELO SA Collection
End-Aug 2014 End-Aug 2015
Titles 41 58 * (+17)
Journal
issues
529 1 051
(doubled)
Articles 8 844 15 967

12. New developments
in the collection
From 2016 the SciELO Network recommends the
following for all SciELO Collections:
• the introduction of XML files to increase
interoperability between international indexes
• the introduction of Creative Commons licences
• the introduction of DOIs for all SciELO journals
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13. To enquire about joining SciELO SA
email Louise van Heerden
(SciELO SA Operations Manager )
louise@assaf.org.za