News Archive

04
Nov

Journals with IF (2020)

Impact Factors for 2020 have been updated in BazTech (based on Journal Citation Reports). We still have 49 titles with IF in the database, of which in 2020. 33 journals received a higher index, 16 journals received a lower index, 1 journal gained IF and one journal lost IF (journal closed). The top three indexed...
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28
May

Metadata from BazTech in Primo

Since May 26, 2021, the resources of BazTech have been  indexed by the meta-search engine Primo. The results of the search can be seen on the BazTech Consortium library websites: Library of Bialystok University of Technology Library of Poznan University of Technology Library of the Silesian University of Technology Main Library of Military University of...
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13
Jan

Scored and IF journals (2019)

Impact Factors for 2019 have been updated in BazTech (based on Journal Citation Reports).  There are currently 49 titles with IF indexed in the database, of which for 2019 – 33 journals received a higher index and 16 received a lower index. Among the journals indexed in BazTech, the highest IF indexes have: Archives of...
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21
Aug

Arianta – a new version of the base

The Arianta database – Polish Scientific and Professional Electronic Journals – has been made available in a new, friendly version. The database contains key information about over 4.5 thousand journals, including all titles indexed in the BazTech. Arianta can be searched by many criteria or browsed by alphabet, MNiSW disciplines and fields. We invite you...
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13
Mar

Scoring journals search engine

We recommend the search engine of magazines and publications scoring the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The service was created by Dorota Bazan – a librarian connected with the environment of universities – to facilitate the work of both academic librarians dealing with bibliography and scientific information on a daily basis, and scientists looking...
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22
Nov

Updated information on the IF indicator in BazTech

The BazTech database updated the Impact Factor indicators for 2018. (based on Journal Citation Reports). We have 49 titles from IF in the database, of which 2018. 28 magazines received a higher index, and 21 – lower. The three highest ratios of journals indexed in BazTech are: 2.846 for Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering,...
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11
Jul

How they see us – Survey results

From 23.11.2018 to 3.01.2019, we conducted a survey on user satisfaction with the use of the BazTech database. The aim of the survey was to assess the usefulness and functionality of the database, determine the areas and frequency of its use and identify the needs and level of satisfaction of database users. We would like...
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23
Nov

A survey – evaluate BazTech

Dear Users, you are kindly welcone to take part in the survey „The assessment of the usefulness and functionality of the BazTech database”.  The questionnaire of the survey is anonymous and takes no more than 5 minutes to complete. The results will be used to assess the usefulness and functionality of the database, determine the...
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05
Jun

265 full-text journals

We already index in BazTech 265 joulrnals in full-text version i.e. 54% of journals indexed in BazTech and currently published. The list of titles in full text version can be found in the Platform of Open Science (PON) service or in the database itself.
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16
Jan

BazTech 2017 Conference proceeding available online

We recommend the texts of the papers delivered at the III Scientific Conference of the BazTech Consortium “Bibliographic databases: perspectives and development problems”, which took place in Krakow, 26-27 June 2017. The materials published as part of the EBIB Conference Materials series are available online.
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27
Nov

Ranking of journals in categorization of academic units

We recommend the “Researcher’s Workshop” blog entry of Emanuel Kulczycki as of 23.11.2017 entitled “Ranking of journals that played a key role in the categorization”. It published TOP 10 journals from each of the lists of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education: A, B, C in 2013 and 2017. The lists of 2017 include...
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08
Jul

Data from BazTech to POL-index journals

We would like to inform you that in connection with the Communication of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of 2 June 2015 on the criteria and procedure for evaluation of scientific journals (including entering bibliographic data into the POL-index system) and the information published on the POL-index website about the launch of a...
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21
Apr

“How to increase the reach and influence of a scientific journal” – a seminar in Warsaw

On 20 April 2015, in the Kazimierzowski Palace on the main campus of the University of Warsaw, another seminar of the series “How to increase the reach and influence of a scientific journal” was held, with the active participation of representatives of the BazTech Consortium. Summary material and presentations can be found at http://pon.edu.pl/index.php/post?pid=58.
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30
Mar

177 full-text journals

In BazTech we already have 177 full-text journals. The list of all titles can be found in the database.
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17
Mar

Seminar in Lodz

On 16 March 2015 in the Lodz University of Technology Library  another seminar of the “How to increase the reach and impact of a scientific journal” series took place. The co-organisers were the BazTech Consortium and the Lodz University of Technology Library. The summary material and presentations can be found at http://pon.edu.pl/index.php/post?pid=51
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05
Feb

BazTech resources in Infona portal

The collection of records from BazTech has been included in the resources of the scientific communication portal Infona. Thus, the database is being searched in a broader context with other scientific resources, including national databases and licensed journals of Elsevier, Springer and others. The search interface is constantly being developed in terms of functionality.  
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05
Jan

List of journals 2014

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced a new list of journals on 31 December 2014. The only difference from the 2013 list is that Part A was updated according to the Impact Factor indicators from the Journal Citation Reports 2014 and Part B was updated only for those journals whose appeals have been...
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16
Dec

Seminar in Poznan

On 16 December 2014 the Poznan University of Technology Library hosted a seminar entitled “How to increase the reach and influence of a scientific journal”, co-organised by the BazTech Consortium. The summary material and presentations can be found at http://pon.edu.pl/index.php/post?pid=44?  
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03
Jun

No evaluation of journals in 2014

In 2014 the Ministry of Science and Higher Education will not evaluate scientific journals. The next evaluation will be carried out after the development of modified criteria and procedures for evaluation of scientific journals and their announcement by the Minister.
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16
May

BazTech resources in Infona

Journals from BazTech are accessible through the search engine of the Mail Library of Lublin University of Technology – InfonaNet
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13
Dec

BazTech Infographics

We have just received from the printing house posters – BazTech’s infographics made by Maciej Rynarzewski. You can download, post and print them. Download a full-size jpg file and a packed pdf file.
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27
Nov

149 full-text magazines

149 BazTech indexed journals are accompanied by full texts (PDF) in the article records. In total, there are 33,301 records in the database with full texts attached.
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31
Oct

Data from BazTech in Primo

Since 30 October 2013, the resources of BazTech have been indexed by the metasearch engine Primo. Results of the search can be seen at the Silesian University of Technology Library.
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