O modus operandi online e o avanço dos periódicos brasileiros de enfermagem

Abstract

Scientific communication, especially that conducted by means of periodicals, has been enriched enormously by the emergence and evolution of the Web in the last three decades, that has made the digital support and availability of online content the modus operandi of publication and exchange of scientific information, in all areas of knowledge. This coexists with successive improvements and innovations always oriented to the objective of maintaining and increasing the visibility, access and impact of journals and the research they publish. Nonetheless the publication in paper continues, in the majority of cases with inertia of the legacy of the past and expendable costs; it is inconceivable in the scientific community to have a quality journal without online publication. With the help of mobile devices, such as tablets and smart phones, the coverage of online services is progressively increasing. With the advent of new technologies for wireless networks, there will be ubiquitous access to online content.Retrieved and processed from the digital file, the online text, particularly the scientific article, emerges on the screens of computers and mobile devices through a gateway operated in virtual space, with numerous links and associated services that enable us to reach similar publications, other works of the authors, the number of times the text was accessed and cited. The possibility exists to comment and discuss among readers. It also allows for printing of the text on paper. The online article detaches itself from the issue (or number) of the journal with autonomy and availability as if it were a hard copy ready to be displayed and shared from any location. The bibliographic indexes reinforce this autonomy through the direct connection to the bibliographic reference of the full text of the article, i.e., dispensing its location by identifying the volume, number and pagination. This autonomy also allowed for the emergence of megaperiodicals such as PLoS One, that published more than a thousand articles per month, on average, in 2011: an infeasible operation if using printed paper. A typical application of this new condition of the digital article still in the classical structure is the publication before the issue is ready, that is, shortly after the manuscript is approved and the text edited. Early publication (ahead of print) strengthens and clarifies the journal as a space that directs the flow of scientific information of one thematic area. This aggregates value to two functions of this flow. On the one hand, it satisfies the basic demand of authors to see their research evaluated by peers and communicated as quickly as possible. On the other, it refreshes more rapidly the space of scientific knowledge. The research can be read and cited more quickly. Coupled with open access, the advance publication accelerates the universal availability of scientific research.The Brazilian journals and those of other Latin American countries have pioneered the adoption of the online modus operandi with open access, supporte...

Periódicos brasileiros em Odontologia e a fuga dos artigos científicos de alto impacto

“…De 2008 a 2011 houve um aumento de 240% (de 31 para 111) no número de títulos de periódicos brasileiros indexados no Journal Citation Report (JCR), publicação que lista o Fator de Impacto (FI) de periódicos científicos (PACKER, 2012). Tal situação tem se refletido no aumento da classificação do Brasil nos rankings internacionais de artigos indexados (RIGHETTI, 2013;PACKER, 2011 Ao comparar os periódicos do núcleo (Tabela 1) com os 7 periódicos brasileiros (Tabela 2), podemos identificar algumas discrepâncias: a quantidade de artigos indexados é praticamente a mesma -267 (34%) e 260 (33%), respectivamente.…”