Publication channels are assessed by the research community
The panel members comprise nearly 300 researchers and other scholarly publishing experts in total from universities and research institutes operating in Finland. They evaluate publication channels as experts in their own fields of science and research. The panels carry out their assessment work through the JUFO portal and at panel meetings. In particular, the panels come together for update reviews.
The Publication Forum's Steering Group appoints the panels and monitors the assessment work. Persons with experience in research, scholarly publishing and research assessment are selected as panellists. The representation of different research organisations, researchers' career stages and genders are also accounted for in the selections. The panels are composed ensuring that their expertise covers the disciplines for which they are responsible. The disciplines for which each panel is responsible correspond to Statistics Finland's Fields of Science 2010 classification.
Read more about Statistics Finland's Field of Science 2010 classification
If you are interested in participating in the assessment panels' work or you have questions about the Publication Forum, please contact the Forum's Secretariat: julkaisufoorumi [at] tsv.fi (julkaisufoorumi[at]tsv[dot]fi)
Discipline-specific panels 2025–2028
- Mathematics and statistics
- Computer and information sciences
- Physical sciences, space sciences and astronomy
- Chemical sciences
- Geosciences and environmental sciences
- Biosciences I
- Biosciences II
- Civil and mechanical engineering
- Electronic and electrical engineering, information engineering
- Chemical engineering, materials engineering and environmental engineering
- Medical engineering, biotechnology and basic medicine
- Clinical medicine I
- Clinical medicine II and dentistry
- Health sciences and other medical sciences
- Agricultural sciences
- Economics and business
- Social sciences, media and communications, interdisciplinary social sciences
- Psychology and educational sciences
- Political science, public administration and law
- Philosophy and theology
- Languages
- Literature, arts and architecture
- History, archaeology and cultural studies
Panel 24: Multidisciplinary
Panel 24 is multidisciplinary
Panel 24 is common to all panels. It covers all book publishers and a small group of multidisciplinary journals. Rather than panel 24 having dedicated members, members of all panels can participate in assessing these publication channels. Book publishers and multidisciplinary journals are assessed separately as individual entities and using separate assessment lists. Based on assessments, the Secretariat confirms the levels of publication channels assessed by panel 24.