Quality Assurance
updated 18th September 2015
AJFAND Indexing and Partnerships Status Report
AJFAND now assigns Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to published articles, deposits bibliographic metadata and outbound reference linking to articles in other publishers’ sites using CrossRef DOIs http://www.crossref.org/ DOIs are stable, persistent links that preserve scholarly citation records and link AJFAND content to other publishers and organizations websites. This way, AJFAND content will be more useful to readers who can easily link from our references to other relevant articles and vice versa, increasing AJFAND’s visibility and Journal Influence Factor.
- AJFAND came out at position 59 in Africa’s Top 100 Research Journals as indexed in the Google Scholar Metrics (June 2015) http://ranking.journalsconsortium.org/academia/top_100
- AJFAND is Open Access and published works are under Creative Commons 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) License. This license permits anyone to copy and redistribute the material provided the original work and source is appropriately cited, original work is not used for commercial purposes and is not altered in any way http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Scopus is currently reviewing AJFAND for the second time for indexing and impact factor services.
- Thomson Reuters rejected AJFAND's application the first time; will soon apply again.
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) provides indexing services for AJFAND.
- FAO Sustainable Food Value Chain Development (SFVC) Knowledge Platform carries select AJFAND publications. These can be found in FAO’s Document Repository (FAO DocRep: http://www.fao.org/documents/en/)
- The University of Toronto through Bioline International, hosts AJFAND online since 2006, also providing quality assurance services http://www.bioline.org.br/nd
- CABI (London) provides abstract and archiving services, full-text publishing of AJFAND materials online since 2009. http://www.cabi.org
- EBSCO Publishing disseminates AJFAND publications since 2009 in both print and electronic formats. http://www.ebscohost.com
- Chemical Abstracts Societies (CAS) provides indexing and abstract services for AJFAND work. http://www.cas.org
- African Journals Online (AJOL) provides access to AJFAND materials. http://www.ajol.info/index.php
- African Union (AU) Library, University of Botswana Library and University of Zimbabwe Library provide access to AJFAND materials through their intranets.
- Cornell University Albert R. Mann Library replicates select AJFAND publications onto CD drives through The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) for distribution to institutions for teaching purposes. http://www.teeal.org
- AJFAND subscribes to Open Access and Creative Commons 4.0 ( BY-NC-ND) License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Researchers can publish in AJFAND without infringing on a donor’s terms. Example: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has adopted a policy that requires all grantees to publish their research in Open Access format, with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (or equivalent) license. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/General-Information/Open-Access-Policy
We receive occasional requests concerning whether AJFAND is indexed and by whom, and to indicate the journal’s impact factor. There are those, rightfully so, who would wish to see the journal in the same league as well established international journals, household-name types, and why not? The information provided below will be a standing piece on the AJFAND website and will be updated wherever there is need to do so. Please visit it regularly to see whether your journal, your baby, is growing or not. As custodians of the baby, we are keen to see it grow. As Founder Editor-in-Chief of AJFAND, I wish to extend the secretariat’s appreciation, and also on behalf of ALL THE AUTHORS and REVIEWERS, for making it possible to reach this level of international recognition. Remember, the first issue of the journal was out in 2001 and we did not begin to get any recognition until 2006, five years later. It has taken years and persistence, commitment, consistency with occasional lapses, and a belief that what we were doing was the right thing for Africa, and indeed the rest of the world. Our financial base is still weak but this we hope will change with time.
If any of you has novel ways of raising funds that does not distract from our core business, please let us know.
Ruth Oniang’o
Editor-in-Chief
Name of Institution |
Contract Brief |
Date Commenced |
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1. |
University of Toronto, Canada |
- Online publishing of AJFAND materials on Bioline website and monitoring the published material in terms of visits, requests and readership. Helps with quality assurance and tracking of usage of various AJFAND products |
April 2006 |
2. |
GALE / Cengage Learning |
- Inclusion of AJFAND materials in GALE’s publishing programs whose materials are used for teaching and learning purposes |
July 2008 |
3. |
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) |
- provision of valuable indexing and abstract service |
June 2008 |
4. |
International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) |
- digitizing AJFAND articles selected by IIR for use in Fridoc (bibliographical database) to be accessed by European readers
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January 2009 |
5. |
CABI Publishing |
- Publishing of AJFAND materials in CABI full-text online subscription products which includes indexed bibliographic databases, CAB abstracts and/or Global Health and a most valued archiving service, while allowing AJFAND to retain its independence
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January 2009 |
6. |
Cornell University |
TEEAL – The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library
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January 2009 |
7. |
EBSCO Publishing |
Dissemination of AJFAND publications in text, image and other electronic formats that may exist so as to reach a wider audience through EBSCO's databases. |
August 2009 |
