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The quotas of levels for Level 2 and Level 3 are determined for journals and series in each Panel panel on the basis of the size of the publication channels, in other words , their annual publication volume (see 4.5.1). The aggregate publication volume of the journal/series titles rated as level Level 2 must not exceed 20% of the corresponding publication volume of the journal/series titles in the panel’s list meeting level Level 1 criteria. The aggregate publication volume of the journal/series titles rated as level Level 3 must not exceed 25% of the corresponding publication volume of the journal/series titles in the panel’s list meeting level 2 criteria. In other words, the level Level 2 consists of 15 % and the level 3 of 5 % 5% of the publication volume of the panel. The book publisher list is common to all panels, and to level 2 a total of about 100 publishers can be classified as Level 2, and to a total of about 10 publishers can be classified as level 3. The panels make suggestions for level Level 2 and Level 3 book publishers, and the chairs of all panels confirm the classification by common decisionconsensus.