Khulisa Journals Communication | January 2025

[Ina Smith]

Dear Khulisa Journal Editors and Journal Managers,

Welcome back to those I haven't spoken to yet, and we are once again looking forward supporting your journals via Khulisa Journals this year. Thank you to Nason for keeping an eye on all during my leave Dec/Jan. Much appreciated Nason! 

If we owe you any answers regarding bugs/system problems, please get in touch. Currently we are working on bugs reported by SAJS and The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning.

Indexing of journal and journal articles by Google and Google Scholar

Kindly test whether your journal and articles are indexed by Google and Google Scholar, through doing a title search - for the journal but also the individual articles. Descriptive and comprehensive metadata key, and if possible, an XML file for each article. This is very important for visibility. We also need to check that each and every journal's Search Console has been set up correctly. For that we will need your journal Gmail logins. I will be in touch with each journal individually, or you can check it yourself. Please let me know should your journal articles not be accessible through Google and Google Scholar.

Generative Artificial Intelligence Policies

Thanks to all who have updated their AI policies. Please also reference ASSAf and SciELO Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools and Resources in Research Communication if it applies.

Trusted indexes and indexing

Please continue to try and have your journal indexed by other trusted indexes, for more visibility, on top of SciELO SA and DOAJ. Also remember to deposit issue metadata to DOAJ every time a new issue is published.

Khulisa Journals OJS Best Practice Workshop

To kick off this year, we would like to host a workshop for Khulisa Journals. It is expected to be a 3-4 hour virtual workshop.

We would like to discuss how you can improve your journal and related activities, covering amongst others the following: How to extract statistics and display - How to compile a report for the editorial (advisory) board (incl. Stats)(template report) - Self-checklist to make sure your journal stays on track - How to use Mailchimp as a mailing list to announce newly published articles - Implementing Crossmark - Importance of referencing - Use of the OJS Library.

Please complete this form to indicate your availability to meet, and make suggestions for additional topics to discuss:

https://forms.gle/VMdioLB9ntjdWDN96
Please complete by Friday 31 January 2025.

Many thanks all, and kind regards,

Ina

Ina Smith (her/she)

SciELO SA Planning Manager | Scholarly Publishing Programme
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

Senior Ambassador for Africa
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

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