Buenas prácticas editoriales de revistas de Ciencias Sociales de acceso abierto en América Latina
| Main Author: | Flórez Mazo, Carlos Esteban |
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| Format: | Thesis PeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | es |
| Terbitan: |
, 2017
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/32667/1/Buenas%20pr%C3%A1cticas%20editoriales%20de%20revistas...%20Monograf%C3%ADa.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/32667/ |
Daftar Isi:
- More than three centuries after the creation of the first scientific journal this type of publications are the means par excellence to spread and disseminate avant-garde knowledge, allowing the propagation of the theoretical and empirical advances of science. With the emergence of the Internet, journals have found in the open access movement a paradigm that since the 1990s has significantly altered scientific communication, allowing a worldwide and simultaneous reach for all types of audiences. Curiously, Latin America is the region with the greatest growth in open access, therefore, delineating good editorial practices in the context of the twenty-first century is fundamental for the social, cultural and scientific advance, and so that the editors of the region manage better journals and increase the quality and impact of these. Based on a comparative study of ten journals included in the Scopus, Web of Science, DOAJ, SciELO, Redalyc, Latindex, Biblat, and Redib databases, the criteria and policies that can guarantee optimal editorial management facing the international positioning of Social Sciences journals in open access in Latin America are delineated, and compliance with these criteria is verified in each of the selected journals. After analyzing the data, it is concluded that open access is a fundamental component of this type of publications in the region and that their editorial process do not deviate from international standards, despite the low professionalization and specialized training of directors and editors, hence, their visibility and impact depend on additional variables that do not categorically determine the scientific quality of the journals. With this in mind, a guide of good editorial practices for Social Sciences journals in open access in Latin America is proposed, so that both publishers and publishing institutions can comprehensively and appropriately address the editorial processes, in an effort to contribute to the quality of the journals in the region.