Decision meeting 5.June 2025

On the decision meeting 05.06.25, we assessed suggestions for new publication channels at level 1. We did also reconsider some publication channels that already had been approved as scientific publication channels. Next decision meeting for level 1 will be 17. October.

For the decision meeting, the Directorate has assessed

• 355 publication channels.

Of the 355 publication channels that the Directorate processed and assessed, 54 publication channels were specifically discussed with the Working Committee (AU) for the National Board of Scholarly Publishing:

• 1 complaints (complaints about previous decisions on level).
• 16 messages of concerns (concerns about the quality of already approved publication channels).
• 12 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.)
• 9 special cases (suggestions about publication channels where the Directorate is unsure about the quality of the publication channels).
• 11 publication channels under discussion (level X).
• 2 Norwegian publication channels (suggestions about Norwegian publicationc channels, which at the request of the AU are a fixed point at the decision meetings).
• 3 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).