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Publication Types A-C

A Peer -Reviewed Scientific Articles

  • Fulfil the definition of a scientific publication.
  • Fulfil the definition of peer review.
  • The journal/series publishing the article has an ISSN identifier, and research books have an ISBN identifier.
  • If the article is an introduction to a book or a journal, the author must provide a research contribution to itand the writing must be related to the author's work. Introductions or prefaces that merely describe the editorial work or table of contents of a publication are not reported.

A1 Journal Article -Refereed

  • Article in a scientific journal, series or yearbook.
  • Consists mainly of unpublished material.
  • Also Medical Short report-style publications that undergo a peer review similar to the original articles.
  • Also articles presenting original research published in the trade journals mentioned in the list of publication forums (e.g.Duodecim, Finnish Medical Journal, Sports and Science, Finnish Dental Journal and Finnish Veterinary Journal).
  • Non-original articles and review articles are marked in category D1, regardless of whether the article is peer-reviewed.

A2 Review Article in a Scientific Journal

  • A review article (e.g. review, systematic review, meta analysis) in a scientific journal, series or yearbook.
  • Fulfils the definition of a scientific publication with the exception of the requirement to generate new information.
  • Is based on key original article material on the subject.

A3 Book Chapter

  • An article, introduction, or preface to a published scientific compilation of several articles by different author's and a yearbook with their own ISBN and unique title.

A4  Article in Conference Proceedings

  • Published regularly in the printed or otherwise publicly available publication of a scientific conference.
  • A complete written version of a conference presentation (full paper).
  • Conference publications are typical in the fields of IT sciences. In other fields, conference articles are mainly research books or special issues of journals.
  • The refereed articles in research books consisting of one off conferences are entered under category A3 and the refereed articles of special issues in journals under categories A1 to A2.

B Non Refereed Scientific Articles

  • Fulfil the definition of a scientific publication.
  • The journal/series publishing the article has an ISSN identifier, and research books have an ISBN identifier.
  • If the article is an introduction to a book or a journal, the author must provide a research contribution to it and the writing must be related to the author's work. Introductions or prefaces that merely describe the editorial work or table of contents of a publication are not reported.

B1 Journal Article

  • Writing in scientific journals as well as short case reports, short review articles, editorials, book reviews, discussion letters and commentary in scientific journals. The above article types are assigned to category B1, even if they are peer -reviewed.

B2  Book Chapter

  • An article, an introduction or a preface in a published scientific research book consisting of articles by various authors.

B3 Article in Conference Proceedings

  • Published regularly in the printed or otherwise publicly available publication of a scientific conference.
  • A complete written version of a conference presentation (full paper).
  • Conference publications are typical in the IT field. In other fields, conference articles are mainly published in research books or special issues of journals.
  • The non -refereed articles in research books consisting of one off conferences are entered under category B2 and the non refereed articles of special issues in journals under category B1.

C Scientific Books (monographs)

  • Fulfil the definition of a scientific publication.
  • Fulfil the definition of peer review
  • The book has an ISBN number.

C1 Scientific Book

  • The entire book was written by its author(s).
  • A new edition of the book may be reported on if the book has been modified sufficiently compared to the previous edition.
  • Note. Non -refereed monographs are entered under category D4, D5 or E2.

C2 Edited Book

  • Edited scientific book or special issue of journals consisting of various articles by different authors.
  • The authors have been in charge of editing the book, and their names are indicated among the editors.
  • Note. Non -refereed edited books are entered under category D6 or E3.