The journal selection process is decentralized and carried out by National Journal Evaluation and Selection Committees, which are composed of Coordinators in each country or LILACS thematic area.
The criteria for evaluating and selecting journals for indexing in the LILACS database are applied across all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. When a national or thematic coordination adapts these criteria to the scientific context of its country and has them validated by BIREME/PAHO/WHO, this adapted criterion is the one adopted in the evaluation process.
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The current version of the evaluation and permanence criteria for Brazilian journals is published at https://lilacs.bvsalud.org/guias-e-manuais/docs/criterios-de-selecao-e-permanencia-de-periodicos-lilacs-brasil/.
To learn about the criteria at the regional level, visit: https://lilacs.bvsalud.org/guias-e-manuais/docs/metodologia-lilacs-criterios-de-selecao-e-permanencia-de-periodicos/.
Both the presentation and standardization, as well as endogeneity (geographic and institutional concentration of the published authors and the editorial committee), are evaluated, along with the scientific content of the journal.
The selection process for journals in the LILACS Brazil collection is based on the LILACS Brazil selection and continuation criteria. Journals submitted for evaluation undergo analyses of format and standardization, endogeneity (geographical and institutional distribution of the editorial committee and authors), as well as content analysis by specialists in the field. The journal must have at least 50% original articles to be considered for selection and its publication schedule must be up to date.
This process is coordinated by BIREME/PAHO/WHO as one of the activities provided for in the Cooperation Agreement with the Brazilian Ministry of Health, which coordinates the Brazilian Health Sciences Information Network.
Yes! Always from 01 to 30 April of this year.
The same criteria apply for the evaluation of electronic or print journals. Please refer to the Selection and Continuation Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Editors of print journals must submit full texts in electronic format within the LILACS journal evaluation platform. No printed documentation will be accepted.
Editors of electronic journals should provide a link for accessing the full text of articles on their own websites within the LILACS journal evaluation platform. They are responsible for maintaining the persistence of the link, ensuring access to content 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the evaluation process.
All journals in the health field are evaluated by the LILACS Brazil Journals Evaluation and Selection Committee, except for Nursing and Dentistry, which have their own committees.
The LILACS Brazil Journals Evaluation and Selection Committee decides on the indexing and exclusion of a journal from the LILACS Brazil collection based on reports issued by the BIREME coordination team and opinions from experts in the journal’s knowledge area.