The
basic mission of The ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX as a database publishing company is
to provide accurate, comprehensive coverage of the world's most important and
influential research in selected areas.
The
ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX database covers international journals, books, articles
on-line, and proceedings in the social sciences and arts and humanities.
The
ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX indexes complete bibliographic data for every Journal and
Internet Journal and Internet Article covered, including English-language author
abstracts, author and publisher addresses. The
ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX is committed to providing a FREE comprehensive coverage
of the world's most important and influential journals for OPEN SOURCE retrieval
needs. Our
Selection Process If
a Journal contains merit and is widely used by the profession associated with
that Journal, our Editorial review will give that journal serious consideration.
Submission
Steps
There
are two ways to submit your Journal. You may submit via e-mail to our Free Listing
service.
(a) for Hard Cover Journals, send your 3 most recent copies
to Asian Education Index
(b)
For online Journals and articles submit your application via e-mail
The
Evaluation Process The
Asian Education Index works on the philosophy of honesty, integrity, and transparency.
Journal evaluation
and selection is conducted on an ongoing basis at the ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX with
journals added to and deleted from the data base every day. We
have developed a unique technology which enables us to crawl the web (spider sites)
seeking out relevant data. Other Indexes rely on manual processes and submissions
– this is fraught with human error – Our Editorial review process,
combined with our technology, ensures we have the latest information from each
Journal –changes – late publication dates - The
ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX's editorial staff will review new journal titles monthly,
but only a % of the journals evaluated are selected. Moreover, existing journal
coverage in ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX is also constantly under review. Journals covered
are monitored with our unique spider technology to ensure that they are maintaining
high standards and a clear relevance to the ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX in which they
are covered. Editorial reviews carried out randomly ensure the process s fairly
monitored.
The ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX has experienced reviewers with educational backgrounds
relevant to their areas of responsibility as well as vast experience and education
in information science. The Index has arisen from a demand
across the Globe for tranperancy and fairness in Indexing standards.
Many
Unique factors are taken into account when evaluating journals for coverage, ranging
from the qualitative to the quantitative. Unlike other Indexes, we have the technology
to examine Internet based Journals which are growing at the rate of 10,000 per
half year. Our technology also evaluates single web articles. A hard cover journal's
comprehensive publishing standards, its editorial content, the international diversity
of its authorship, and the citation data associated with it are all considered.
Our computer system builds upon existing knowledge to provide a Data
Base of Unique Knowledge that allows us to evaluate Journals.
Basic
Journal Standards Timeliness
of publication is one of the criteria in the evaluation process, and it is of
primary importance. A journal must be publishing according to its stated frequency
to be considered for initial inclusion in the ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX database.
The ability to publish on time implies a healthy backlog of manuscripts essential
for ongoing viability. It is not acceptable for a journal to appear chronically
late, weeks or months after its cover date. To measure timeliness adequately,
coverage can never be based on just one issue; generally, the editor needs to
see at least three issues. The
ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX also notes whether or not the journal follows international
editorial conventions, which optimize the retrievability of source articles. These
conventions include informative journal titles, fully descriptive article titles
and abstracts, complete bibliographic information for all cited references, and
full address information for every author; (n.b. legal issues of privacy pursuant
to International laws are taken into account) Editorial
Content
Unlike
other Indexes who refuse to consider new worthy journals on the grounds the topic
has been covered, the ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX editor determines if the content of
a new journal will enrich the database and expand the Knowledge base of that professional
area of learning..
International
Diversity The
ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX covers journals with international diversity. Special
attention is given to Journals within the Asia Pacific region though not exclusively.
The Editors reserve the right to add worthy Journals from outside this geographic
zone if that journal contains especial merit and advances the field of academic
study in the Asian pacific region Citation
Analysis Editors
examine the publishing record of the journal's authors and editorial board members,
noting where their articles have been published and if their work has been cited.
Accepted citation practices are reviewed :our expert review panel are world leaders
in Citation standards and will advise Journals where citation criteria are not
satisfactory to be considered for indexing. Where
a Journal lists internationally recognized Editors, that Journal receives fast
tracking reviews – our data base and Editorial knowledge enables the Asian
Education Index to be uniquely prepared when considering this factor. Our Reviewing
Editors are not constrained by company affiliations nor demands from management
as to their decisions. Electronic
Journals The
mission of ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX is to provide access to a Data base of the world's
most important and influential journals in predefined fields. The Asian Education
Index does carefully consider and evaluate web based journals. Further more, we
keep in contact with Journal owners throughout the process, and not keep Journals
waiting for over a year with no information as to the processes. Timeliness
of publication
The ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX queues the Journal in our
unique algorithm which monitors that journals constantly. The
advanced technology monitors ALL changes and the dates they occur, providing a
detailed print out which enables Editorial review precision. The
Format of Electronic Journals is extremely important to ASIAN EDUCATION INDEX. Following
are a set of guidelines for Electronic Journal formats. Following these guidelines
helps insure correct citation of articles and reduces the possibility of ambiguity
in citation of articles. Unlike other Indexes whose rules for indexing are unworkable
and do not permit web based technology to be given its developing place in history,
we consider numerous factors when considering web based Journals. Whilst certain
fundamentals are considered by the Algorithm, a follow up Editorial review will
thoroughly and fairly place all web based factors before the Selection panel. Some
or all of the following data is assessed, first by algorithmic assesment, followed
up by Editorial review. -
Journal Title
- Year
of publication
- Volume
and/or Issue Number
- Article
Title
- Page
Number or Article Number.
-
Author(s) names and addresses
- Article
numbers must be unique within an entire volume number.
- Journal
title (in full)
- Volume
number (if applicable)
- Issue
Number (if applicable; within parenthesis)
- Page
number and/or article number (clearly identifying the article number as such)
- Year
of publication
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