Part of
Kriterium is a platform for review, publication and dissemination of high-quality academic books. Kriterium is a quality label for academic books, providing certification which ensures that a study has undergone a controlled peer review process. In addition, the Kriterium label requires that the book is freely available through open access. Kriterium serves as a complement to publishers and university publication series lacking the scientific competence and infrastructure for peer review.
Kriterium aims to reinforce and develop the academic monograph as a publication form. Our goal is to reinforce the status of monographs within the academic context, and to provide, for Swedish research results, a mark of quality corresponding to the same method that is applied internationally to journal articles. Therefore, we have established an infrastructure for peer review and digital open access publication. Our books are published in collaboration with publishers and publication series. Publishing your material within Kriterium will earn you publication credits in accordance with the “Norwegian list”.
Undergoing peer review means both improved quality, scholarly legitimacy (publication credits) and better dissemination (both for the printed book and the OA material).
The opportunity to have your manuscript peer reviewed is an attractive one for many scholars, and by co-operating with Kriterium, the seats of learning, publishing houses and issuing bodies are themselves relieved of the task of establishing such an infrastructure. In addition, an increasing number of contributors require OA publishing.
An author of a scientific work may, through their publisher – either a publication series or a publishing house – submit a book proposal to Kriterium. This exchange is handled by the publisher, including the distribution of the finished book. Kriterium contributes the peer review as well as a publication platform for the digital version of the book.
The Kriterium editorial board will assess the book proposal and the academic coordinator, and the manuscript is subsequently reviewed by two independent reviewers.
Our aim is for the review to take no longer than three months, followed by any required editing and rewriting, in addition to the rest of the production time needed.
Kriterium is currently furnishing all costs associated with reimbursement of reviewers and academic coordinators, as well as the production and publication of the electronic version of the book.
Reviewing a manuscript for Kriterium is an opportunity to use your qualifications to improve the quality of a new manuscript within your own field of interest. Further, the work is paid.
Any person with qualifications (as a rule, at minimum holding a PhD) within the subject covered by the manuscript.
Kriterium will reimburse reviewers and academic coordinators working on the proposed manuscript. Review work is remunerated at a rate of 5 000 SEK.
Any person with qualifications (as a rule, at minimum a docent) within the subject covered by the manuscript. Further, experience within scientific review and editorial process is required.
Any academic institution allocating resources according to the “Norwegian list” is responsible for taking into account any publications made through Kriterium. How this is done, depends on the way in which the academic institution retrieves its data for analysis. For example, Gothenburg University monitors the bibliographic records in the local publication database, GUP, where records must contain specific information in order for them to be accounted for. Any missing information is added manually, such as Kriterium featuring in the field stating publisher, and inclusion of DOI and e-ISSN numbers.