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9 Rev. U. Soc. Conocimiento 198 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/intjedth9 and id is 1 raw text is: http://rusc.uoc.edu Editorial Josep M. Duart Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning, Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and director of RUSC In the numberwe are presenting now, the first one in the ninth year of our Universities and Knowledge Society Journal RUSC, there are several major new features and changes that we hope our subscribers and readers will like. Firstly, we have changed and improved the journal's header. After a period of reflection, the journal's Editorial Board, Director and Editorial Secretary decided on a header in which the acronym RUSC acquires greater prominence and a more contemporary look. The name of the journal appears in Spanish and English, which is a clear indication of our commitment to publish all articles in both languages, and the three concepts that are key to the focus of RUSC are highlighted: network, university and e-learning. We hope you like the result! The second new feature of RUSC from 2012 is the adoption of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) System for identifying content objects in the digital environment. Each DOI unmistakably and persistently identifies the object with which it is associated, and allows digital object citations to be identified. As an ISO standard, it represents yet another step towards the journal's standardisation. For more information, please go to www.doi.org. Thirdly, we have added the option to print an issue in its entirety, including the front cover. Besides these new features, which undeniably improve RUSC's publication and facilitate its positioning as a journal of reference in the field of university e-learning research, we have improved our indexing references. Having recently been incorporated into the bibliographic database Scopus, RUSC has attained a higher dissemination index in the Motriz de Informacion par /o Evoluocion de Revistos (MIAR, Information Matrix for Journal Evaluation), which now stands at 7.345 (http://miar. ub.es/consulta.php?issn=1698-580X). This improvement in the secondary dissemination compound index (ICDS) will allow RUSCto be reclassified into category B in the next update of the CARHUS Plus+ lists (AGAUR, Agency for Management of University and Research Grants). At RUSC, work on the journal's internationalisation continues. In this regard, in 2012 we plan to sign international agreements with important institutions that will allow us to raise the quality and increase the periodicity of the journal. Between January and November 2011, RUSC had a mean of 9,957 visits and a mean of 5,891 users. The total number of PDF downloads in that period was 23,886. RUSC has 1,587 subscribers, and we would like to thank each and every one of them for their trust and interest in the journal. RUSC VOL. 9 No J I Universitat Oberta de Catalunya I Barcelona, January 2012 | SSN 1698-580X 1q2

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