Building: Amoxcalli Buildings (Science Department)
Room: Auditorium (Carlos Graef)
Date: 2013-08-21 11:50 AM – 01:10 PM
Last modified: 2013-07-31
Abstract
Background: The present Project starts by recognizing the important growth that Iberic-American scientific journals have experienced in the last two decades (Holdom, 2005; Fischman et al., 2010; Delgado, 2011b; Delgado & Weidman, 2012) as a result of the development information and communication technologies (electronic publication), the advance of the movement for the democratization and open access to knowledge (that has a special expression in the Public Knowledge Project and its products like the Open Journal System) (Willinsky, 2006; Alperín et al., 2008; Edgar & Willinsky, 2010; Fischman et al., 2010; Delgado, 2011a), the creation and expansion of archiving and bibliographic information services worldwide (Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, Ulrich’s, etc.), regionally (Latindex, SciELO, RedALyC, CLACSO), and nationwide (Qualis, Publindex, Revencit, etc.), and the enactment policy and reforms of the higher education and science and technology sectors in the region (Cetto & Hillerud, 1995; Cetto & Alonso, 1999; Meneghini, 2002; Willinsky, 2006; Aguado et al., 2008; RedALyC, 2008; Aguado, 2010; Cetto et al., 2010; Delgado, 2010; Edgar & Willinsky, 2010; Delgado, 2011a, 2011b). Likewise, issues such as indexation by recognized services and indicators like the impact factor are emphasized (Utges, 2008; Haustein, 2012). However, it is not much known about what happens with the users (readers) and producers (researchers) of knowledge, particularly in the social sciences (Morales, 2003; Alcain & Román, 2005; Borrego & Urbano, 2006; Rodríguez et al., 2007; Contreras, 2011). Purpose: Explore aspects related to the reach and impact of Iberic-American journals in the different disciplinary fields of the social sciences (UNESCO classification), in terms of Access, use, and publication, among researchers affiliated to national science and technology systems in the region. The aim is to identify the most prestigious Iberic-American journals in the social sciences, which will be determined by their recognition by researchers and scholars from Iberic-America and the factor that influence selecting a journal for reading and/or publication. Methods: An online journal prestige survey (Buela-Casal et al., 2006) will be applied to a conglomerate sample of social science researchers from the region grouped by country. The survey will ask about issues such as: most read journals and those where Iberic-American social science scholars and researchers publish their work; journals published in the region; factors that are considered to choose a journal including prestige within the academic community, cost (subscription, open Access), publication format (print, electronic), language of publication (Ortiz, 2006; Delgado, 2011a), inclusion in bibliographic information systems (Meneghini, 2002; Aguado et al., 2008; RedALyC, 2008; Aguado, 2010; Cetto et al., 2010), and policies that recognize productivity (national, institutional); and the bibliographic information systems that are used by the researchers to search and access articles and journals in the social sciences. Results will be analyzed statistically. One of the products will be the creation of a website (or the inclusion of the findings in one of the existing information systems that already exist in the region) where researchers will be able to read about the findings of this study. It will also be contemplated to conduct subsequent projects to update the information of that website. Report of progress: The study is currently in the phase of creating the journal database, developing and posting the survey online, and compiling the list of researchers with contact information by country and discipline in order apply the survey. Preliminary data and findings will be presented at the time of the PKP Conference.
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