The evaluation of the grey area journals continues at the autumn meetings of the JUFO panels. From the beginning of 2025, MDPI and Frontiers journals, where publication cannot be recommended without reservation, will be downgraded to level 0.
The Publication Forum panels have now an opportunity to upgrade book series from level 2 book publishers to level 3. The research community is asked for suggestions for level 3 book series.
In 2022, the Publication Forum expert panels carried out a re-evaluation of JUFO levels 2 and 3. This report describes the implementation and main features of the 2023 classification.
Publication Forum evaluates domestic and foreign academic publication channels.
Level 1 includes peer-reviewed publication channels that are specialised in the publication of scientific research outcomes and have an editorial board of experts of the
The Publication Forum is a publication channel classification system implemented by the Finnish scientific community that supports the evaluation of the quality of research output.