Visibility of latin american scientific publications: the example of Bolivia (Portuguese original version)
The discussion on the state of the art of scientific publications in Latin American countries generally restricts itself to its supposedly low visibility. This affirmation is generally conditioned to the exclusive use of large international databases, mainly of the USA and Europe, which include thou...
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| author | Silvia Cristina Pabón Escobar Maria Conceição da Costa |
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| description | The discussion on the state of the art of scientific publications in Latin American countries generally restricts itself to its supposedly low visibility. This affirmation is generally conditioned to the exclusive use of large international databases, mainly of the USA and Europe, which include thousands of scientific publications that have marginalized a large part of the scientific literature produced in peripheral countries. Given this fact of low visibility, it became imperative for some Latin American countries, beginning in the 90s (20th Century), to develop their own mechanisms of projection of the results of their own scientific production. The experiences constitute an example for countries that, having significant scientific production, still do not have the means to facilitate access to local scientific publications. Although Bolivia still remains distant from these initiatives, a series of studies were identified that show the existence of a tradition of publication in scientific magazines and interest in their visibility, on a local and international level, which demands attention to the most adequate mechanisms in order to carry this out. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bde593262db2410d88303a14bafe85b52022-12-21T20:16:47ZengSissa MedialabJCOM: Journal of Science Communication1824-20492006-06-0152Visibility of latin american scientific publications: the example of Bolivia (Portuguese original version)Silvia Cristina Pabón EscobarMaria Conceição da CostaThe discussion on the state of the art of scientific publications in Latin American countries generally restricts itself to its supposedly low visibility. This affirmation is generally conditioned to the exclusive use of large international databases, mainly of the USA and Europe, which include thousands of scientific publications that have marginalized a large part of the scientific literature produced in peripheral countries. Given this fact of low visibility, it became imperative for some Latin American countries, beginning in the 90s (20th Century), to develop their own mechanisms of projection of the results of their own scientific production. The experiences constitute an example for countries that, having significant scientific production, still do not have the means to facilitate access to local scientific publications. Although Bolivia still remains distant from these initiatives, a series of studies were identified that show the existence of a tradition of publication in scientific magazines and interest in their visibility, on a local and international level, which demands attention to the most adequate mechanisms in order to carry this out.http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/05/02/Jcom0502%282006%29A01/Jcom0502%282006%29A01_po.pdfScholarly publishing |
| spellingShingle | Silvia Cristina Pabón Escobar Maria Conceição da Costa Visibility of latin american scientific publications: the example of Bolivia (Portuguese original version) JCOM: Journal of Science Communication Scholarly publishing |
| title | Visibility of latin american scientific publications: the example of Bolivia (Portuguese original version) |
| title_full | Visibility of latin american scientific publications: the example of Bolivia (Portuguese original version) |
| title_fullStr | Visibility of latin american scientific publications: the example of Bolivia (Portuguese original version) |
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| title_short | Visibility of latin american scientific publications: the example of Bolivia (Portuguese original version) |
| title_sort | visibility of latin american scientific publications the example of bolivia portuguese original version |
| topic | Scholarly publishing |
| url | http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/05/02/Jcom0502%282006%29A01/Jcom0502%282006%29A01_po.pdf |
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