Decision meeting 23. January 2026

On the decision meeting dato, we will assess suggestions for new publication channels at level 1. We will also reconsider some publication channels that already has been approved as scientific publication channels.

For the decision meeting 23.01.26 , the Directorate has assessed

• 394 publication channels.
• 17 successors (journals that «inherit» its level from its predecessor in the Norwegian Register, if the criteria for level 1 are fulfilled).
• Together 1067 publication channels for 2025.

Of the 411 publication channels that the Directorate processed and assessed, 73 publication channels will specifically be discussed with the Working Committee (AU) for the National Board of Scholarly Publishing:

• 2 complaints (complaints about previous decisions on level).
• 3 messages of concerns (concerns about the quality of already approved publication channels).
• 39 follow-up cases (publication channels that we did not decide a level for at the previous decision meeting and that AU is responsible for following up.)
• 6 special cases (suggestions about publication channels where the Directorate is unsure about the quality of the publication channels).
• 10 new submissions about journals that previously have been downgraded to 0 - not approved.
• 8 publication channels under discussion (level X).
• 3 Norwegian publication channels (suggestions about Norwegian publicationc channels, which at the request of the AU are a fixed point at the decision meetings).
• 1 suggestions from South African scholars (due to an agreement entered into with South Africa, we process and assess suggestions from South African scholars. At the request of the AU, these suggestions are a fixed item at the decison meetings).