Frequently Asked Questions

Real Answers to real questions about Journal Info.

	What is the purpose of the service?
	The purpose is to provide an aid for the researcher in the selection of journal for publication. The publication market has continuously grown more and more complex. It is important to weigh in facts like scope and quality, but more recently also information about reader availability and library cost. The Lund University Libraries have made an attempt to merge all there items into one tool, giving the researcher the power to make informed choices.
	How many journals are a part of the service?
	The service currently covers about 18,000 journals. It is discussed to add additional journals later this year.
	Which databases do you survey for the databases item?
	The service currently survey about 30 major databases, including the following: ABI/Inform, Art Index (Wilson), Arts and humanities citation index, ATLA Religion Database, Biosis Previews, Chemical Abstracts, Civil Engineering Database, Compendex, CSA Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, CSA Social Services Abstracts, ERIC, FSTA, Geobase, GeoRef, Histical abstracts, Inspec, Information Political Science Abstract, LISA, MathSciNet, Medline, PsycINFO, RILM Abstracts of Music Litterature, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, The Philosopher’s Index and Zoological Record. Please, send us a line if you like to see other important databases added to the service.
	What is the reason to the X’s and tick marks? What do they mean?
	Some of the information is rather hard to interpret. Is a price high or low? Is a impact score reasonable or of concern? In an attempt to assist the researcher, we gather all the data for each general subject and give a green tick to the 50% best and a red cross to the 50% worse. We hope this can be a useful feature.
	I don’t know what some of the items mean? How can I get more information?
	All items include a help text. Let you pointer hover over the item and it will appear. They are also summarized by clicking the bottom question mark.