STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a collaboration with the Thai Research Fund (TRF), to establish a Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB). Scopus claims to be the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources.
As research becomes more interdisciplinary and global, researchers face the challenge of finding relevant information for their research. Scopus has committed itself to helping researchers to overcome problems they face in their daily work. As part of this commitment, Scopus has established a content strategy that puts the research community’s voice at its core by developing the independent Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB). The partnership with TRF is part of this ongoing mission.
To honor this collaboration, Elsevier and the Thai-Journal Citation Index (TCI) Center recently organised a two-day symposium. Close to 200 representatives from the academic, corporate and government sectors attended the symposium in Bangkok. Of the attendees surveyed, the majority saw an immediate benefit to the introduction of a local CSAB, including improved quality of existing Thai journals as well as the potential for greater visibility of Thai research. Almost all attendees (94%) approved of the approach of the local CSAB, providing additional validation to the selections.
The TRF appointed Professor Dr. Narongrit Sombatsompop, Head of Thai-Journal Citation Index (TCI) Centre to implement and oversee the evaluation and selection process of locally published journals. During the symposium, attendees were exposed to Scopus’ vision regarding a local CSAB and explore how main CSAB processes can then be mirrored in Thailand. The symposium was designed to be educational in nature to the CSAB’s systematic and impartial journal selection process. For journals selected, full text of articles can be in the local language while all titles and abstracts have to be in English.
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