Latin American scholarly journal databases: a look back to the way forward

Alonso‐Gamboa, José Octavio; Russell, Jane A.

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“…As a result, scholars from this region are not only more aware of OA issues, but they have more options for publishing OA than those from other regions ( Alperin et al , 2011 ). Moreover, SciELO ( Packer, 2009 ) and the creation of Latin American databases ( Alonso-Gamboa & Russell, 2012 ) have played a tremendous part in this process by bringing recognition and a good reputation to publishing outlets in Latin America.…”

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The academic, economic and societal impacts of Open Access: an evidence-based review

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Ongoing debates surrounding Open Access to the scholarly literature are multifaceted and complicated by disparate and often polarised viewpoints from engaged stakeholders. At the current stage, Open Access has become such a global issue that it is critical for all involved in scholarly publishing, including policymakers, publishers, research funders, governments, learned societies, librarians, and academic communities, to be well-informed on the history, benefits, and pitfalls of Open Access. In spite of this, there is a general lack of consensus regarding the potential pros and cons of Open Access at multiple levels. This review aims to be a resource for current knowledge on the impacts of Open Access by synthesizing important research in three major areas: academic, economic and societal. While there is clearly much scope for additional research, several key trends are identified, including a broad citation advantage for researchers who publish openly, as well as additional benefits to the non-academic dissemination of their work. The economic impact of Open Access is less well-understood, although it is clear that access to the research literature is key for innovative enterprises, and a range of governmental and non-governmental services. Furthermore, Open Access has the potential to save both publishers and research funders considerable amounts of financial resources, and can provide some economic benefits to traditionally subscription-based journals. The societal impact of Open Access is strong, in particular for advancing citizen science initiatives, and leveling the playing field for researchers in developing countries. Open Access supersedes all potential alternative modes of access to the scholarly literature through enabling unrestricted re-use, and long-term stability independent of financial constraints of traditional publishers that impede knowledge sharing. However, Open Access has the potential to become unsustainable for research communities if high-cost options are allowed to continue to prevail in a widely unregulated high-cost options are allowed to continue to prevail in a widely unregulated scholarly publishing market. Open Access remains only one of the multiple challenges that the scholarly publishing system is currently facing. Yet, it provides one foundation for increasing engagement with researchers regarding ethical standards of publishing and the broader implications of 'Open Research'.

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“…In recent years the number of scientific journals that are edited in Ibero America has been steadily increasing (Delgado, 2010;Delgado Troncoso, 2014) and this has therefore had an impact in the communication among researchers in the region. However, it is important to realise that the impact this development has had in the global scientific production is still somewhat limited to a local level (Alonso-Gamboa & Russell, 2012). In this article we present some exploratory results coming from scientific literature generated and published in Ibero America.…”

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Identification of Core Journals and Analysis of Collaboration Networks Among Researchers in Ibero America

Rogel-Salazar

Salazar

2014

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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INTRODUCTION In this paper we survey scientific production published in Ibero American journals in four subject areas: Medicine, Education, Administration & Finance, and Psychology. The aim of the paper is to provide a view of the available state-of-the-art of Ibero American publications in Open Access journals compiled in well-respected repositories such as Redalyc. METHODS The scholarly Open Access production in Ibero America was analysed using data from Redalyc during the period between 2005 and 2007 for the four areas mentioned above, using data and metadata such as author affiliation and subject area. RESULTS The data analysis carried out in this paper identifies those journals that compose the core and first Bradford zone for the subject area in question. These journals are therefore those that condense the majority of relevant articles for a researcher in that particular field. The application of network analysis allows us to map the collaboration networks, per country, of researchers publishing in Ibero America. DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION The analysis presented here reflects the status of journals in the areas in question reflecting the information held in the repository's database. The authors conclude that a careful revision and improvement of the requirements that editors and journals require of their authors is of paramount importance for emerging online electronic libraries such as Redalyc.

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“…But arguably such over-representation might be a correction of a previous under-representation, as Latin American journals were less in number and visibility. The fact is that currently the number of journals from that region is much higher than in previous decades, and so is their representation in the major international databases (Alonso-Gamboa, & Russell, 2012;Collazo-Reyes, 2014).…”

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An overview of the literature related to social representations published in scientific journals

Wachelke¹,

Matos²,

Ferreira³

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The present study aims at characterizing part of the academic production on social representations published in scientifi c journals, so as to provide information about the development and current state of the fi eld. In August and September 2013 2526 abstracts of papers published in journals indexed in four databases were retrieved, all of which were about social representations. For each abstract registers were made concerning the country in which the fi rst author's institution was located, publication year, journal discipline and categorized information relative to the studied group and social objects. The results confi rmed and expanded previously conducted meta-analyses, giving evidence of a contrast between applied studies in the health area involving related groups and objects, more typical from South America and Brazil, and psychosocial research linked to the psychology fi eld and carried out mostly by European researchers. A considerable increase in the importance of the participation of Brazilian and South American authors relative to the total production was also noticed, replacing authors from European institutions as leaders according to that criterion.Keywords: Social representations, scientifi c production, bibliographic research, Bibliometrics. Um Panorama da Literatura Relacionada às Representações Sociais Publicada em Periódicos Científi cos ResumoO presente estudo visa a caracterizar parte da produção acadêmica sobre representações sociais publicada em periódicos científi cos, de modo a fornecer informações sobre o desenvolvimento e estado atual do campo. Em agosto e setembro de 2013 foram obtidos 2526 resumos de artigos publicados em periódicos indexados em quatro bases de dados, todos sobre representações sociais. Para cada resumo foram registrados o país da instituição do primeiro autor, ano de publicação, disciplina do periódico e informações categorizadas relativas aos grupos e objetos sociais estudados. Os resultados confi rmaram e expandiram meta-análises realizadas anteriormente, evidenciando uma contraposição entre estudos aplicados na área de saúde com grupos e objetos relacionados, mais típicos da América do Sul e Brasil e pesquisas psicossociais ligadas à área da psicologia e realizadas por pesquisadores principalmente do continente Wachelke, J., Matos, F. R., Ferreira, G. C. S., Costa, R. R. L. 294europeu. Nota-se também um aumento de importância considerável na participação de primeiros autores brasileiros e sul-americanos em relação ao total, tornando-se líder no volume de produção acadêmica na área, substituindo autores provenientes de instituições europeias. Palavras-chave:Representações sociais, produção científi ca, pesquisa bibliográfi ca, Bibliometria. Una Visión General de la Literatura Relacionada con las Representaciones Sociales Publicadas en Revistas Científi cas ResumenEl presente estudio tiene como objetivo caracterizar parte de la producción académica sobre las representaciones sociales publicada en revistas científi cas, para proporcionar información sobr...

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Latin American scholarly journal databases: a look back to the way forward

Cited by 17 publications

References 3 publications

The academic, economic and societal impacts of Open Access: an evidence-based review

The academic, economic and societal impacts of Open Access: an evidence-based review

Identification of Core Journals and Analysis of Collaboration Networks Among Researchers in Ibero America

An overview of the literature related to social representations published in scientific journals

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