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The ECOOM team of the University of Antwerp is responsible for the construction of the Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for Social Sciences and Humanities (VABB-SHW) and for the activities and research related to this task. Apart from that, the team supports the different work packages that are part of the Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) and takes care of the validation and interpretation of the data provided by the different services.
The operational goals of ECOOM-UA are: - Supporting the Flemish universities and university colleges (‘associaties’) in preparation of the data submissions for the VABB-SHW. Each year, by April 1ste the full bibliographic references of the years t-1 and t-2 need to be submitted.
- Developing, maintaining and optimizing the software needed for the processing of the data.
- Providing the Authoritative Panel (‘Gezaghebbend panel’) with an overview of the journal titles in which and the publishers with whom scholars of the social sciences and humanities who work for a Flemish higher education institution have published. Additional lists, e.g. of proceedings publications and book titles, are also provided.
- Applying the decisions of the Authoritative Panel regarding their selection of journals, publishers and/or proceedings on the data in view of the interuniversity budget allocation.
- Publishing the updated VABB-SHW database by the end of each year.
- Analyzing the characteristics of scientific communication in social sciences and humanities based on the data gathered in the VABB-SHW.
- Participating in the other work packages of the Centre for R&D Monitoring.
For more information, please contact Tim Engels (tim.engels(at)ua.ac.be).
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