PUBLISHING PAINS, OR DESIGNING A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL

The article considers the basic principles of creating a unified template for a scientific journal in accordance with current regulations and rules for creating original layouts, as well as taking into account the experience of specialists of the Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The list of the basic regulatory documents is given, other useful links are given. The example of a typical unified template shows what the cover and title page of a scientific journal should look like, as well as the imposition page of an article of a scientific professional publication, describes in detail the necessary structural elements of a scientific article and describes their design. The choice of the solutions presented in the unified template is briefly substantiated. The most common mistakes present in domestic scientific professional journals are described. Examples from real magazines illustrate the possible variety of design within a unified template.

PUBLISHING PRODUCTS OF THE NAS OF UKRAINE IN THE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: STATE, PROBLEMS AND THE WAYS OF REALIZATION

Paper devoted to the topical issues of scientific periodicals functioning in Ukraine in the world of the global communication system development. The important feature of the world informational space development current stage is the unification of scientific periodicals work principle. The publishing platforms are providing such journals with virtual editions, worldwide open-access materials use licenses, general declaration on the scientific ethics. Such processes demand scientific periodicals to consolidate their efforts, understand the common goal and define the specific challenges to address the constant exhaustive work.

SCIENTIFIC WORK AND CREATIVE HERITAGE OF DOMESTIC SCIENTISTS IN THE ACADEMIC SERIES "BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF SCIENTISTS OF UKRAINE"

The editions prepared and published within the framework of the general academic project "Biobibliography of Scientists of Ukraine" are analyzed. The normative documents and statistical information on the publications made in the series since its inception in 1968 are collected, the gradual formation of modern serial design and definition of a clear structure that would allow to briefly summarize the scientific heritage and significance of the personality and work of the Academy members is examined. The use of methods of bibliographic and source analysis helped to identify certain stages in the existence of the series. The current state of this book project of the NAS of Ukraine is described. The features of the publications of biobibliographies in the Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the NAS of Ukraine, which acquaint a wide audience with the directions of scientific research of Ukrainian scientists, their personal achievements, are noted. Thanks to the optimized and updated existing database of publications, further digitization of bibliographic information is possible.

CHRONOLOGY AND STATISTICS OF THE PERIODICALS OF THE NAS OF UKRAINE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF SCIENTIFIC PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND SOME DATABASES

The article presents the chronology and statistics of the periodicals of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and its institutions in the list of scientific professional publications of Ukraine and world scientometric and abstract databases. It is shown that the need to be included in the list as a basis for objective assessment, classification and monitoring of scientific professional publications stimulated the editions of NAS of Ukraine to improve the main indicators of the publication: to supplement the information on the site, update various abstract and scientometric databases.

WEB OF SCIENCE JOURNAL EVALUATION PROCESS: EVOLUTION OF CRITERIA

The Web of Science Core Collection is a highly selective, abstract-indexed scientometric database, which currently includes more than 21 thousand scientific journals of all specialties published in 110 countries. The database contains three specialized indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Art and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and a multidisciplinary Emerging Source Citation Index (ESCI). Today there are 15 Ukrainian journals included in the SCIE and 68 in the ESCI. Unfortunately, since 2015, no Ukrainian journals have moved from ESCI to specialized indexes; moreover, several Ukrainian journals were excluded for publishing ethics violations. In 2019, the criteria of journal evaluation were updated/clarified. Today there are 28 criteria; 24 of them (quality criteria) are a prerequisite for inclusion into the ESCI. Journals applying to specialized indexes are evaluated according to four additional criteria of influence. The evaluation is carried out by the Clarivate Editorial Board consisting of company employees, who, in addition to professional skills, do not have any conflicts of interest. To initiate the journal evaluation process, the publisher fills out an online form and continues to publish the journal in a timely manner. Evaluation and subsequent indexing of the journal in the Web of Science Core Collection is a free procedure and the criteria are presented in the article.

PARTICIPATION REPORTS TOOL: OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS

This article examines a new tool recently proposed by the international Crossref database. Participation Reports aims to improve publicly available metadata of scientific publications as well as provide publishers with new operational tools to support organizational decisions. This new service will be useful primarily to organizations, which provide depositing services to publishers and are intermediaries between them and Crossref database. With the help of the Participation Reports service, this range of services can be significantly expanded because of availability of the information about correctness of the entered metadata as well as the number of links to downloaded material and the possibility of cross-references. The use of the service is illustrated by the example of general academic journals of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

UPDATING THE MAIN DOCUMENTS OF FUNCTIONING OF THE SCIENTIFIC PERIODICAL OF THE NAS OF UKRAINE IS THE NEXT STEP TO INCREASING THEIR LEVEL

The history and bases of changes, which the cornerstone documents on functioning of the scientific periodical of the NAS of Ukraine have undergone during the last 15 years, are considered. Namely: Regulations on Scientific Periodicals and Regulations on the Journals Support Program of the NAS of Ukraine. The role of the journal support program in the development of scientific journals of the Academy is described.

"SCIENCE COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE": PER ASPERA AD MOOC

The experience of creating the massive open online course "Scientific Communication in the Digital Age", hosted by the Prometheus platform, is presented. The main tips and tricks, which should be noted by those who plan on creating their own courses, the difficulties you may face and how to avoid them, are considered and described.