Role of Open Access in the emergence and consolidation of refereed journals in Latin America and the Caribbean

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54674/ess.v16i2.657
Keywords: Open Access, refereed journals, regional repositories, regional bibliographic indexes

Abstract

Purpose: Analyze the role of open access in the growth of Latin American (LA&C) refereed journals at the national, regional, and global levels. Methods: Data came from two sources: 1) six of the main open access databases/repositories (OpenDOAR, DOAJ, PKP’s OJS, Dialnet, SciELO, and RedALyC; 2) Notes taken during 175 in-depth semi-structured interviews that were conducted between 2008 and 2010 with journal editors, university authorities, government staff, international organization officials, and other experts. The interviews were carried out in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Findings from the databases/repositories are used to describe the presence of LA&C journals as a region and by country. They are organized in tables and analyzed descriptively. Results: SciELO had 816 journals, 21,324 issues, and 314,758 documents/articles; RedALyC had 758 journals, 14,381 issues, and 177,017 articles. Dialnet included 7,168 journals, 3,246,415 documents, and 2,230,929 articles. 1,190 journals (18.52%) from LA&C were included in DOAJ. Colombia is the country with the second highest number of journals in RedALyC after Mexico and in SciELO after Brazil. Conclusion: LA&C has a strong presence in international and regional repositories of open access journals, which increases the visibility of the region’s publications and the possibility of developing academic networks. Regional directories like Latindex and repositories/indexes such as RedALyC and SciELO have had a major impact on the development of LA&C journals. Two factors seem to be supporting the emergence of a model of scientific/scholarly publication in LA&C: open access publication and regional repositories and databases/indexes. 

Author Biography

Jorge Delgado Troncoso, University of Pittsburgh (UP), Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Program Coordinator, Institute for International Studies in Education. Instructor, Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy Core faculty, Center for Latin American Studies. University of Pittsburgh. SIG Coordinator, Office of the Executive Director, Comparative and International Education Society. Secretary/Treasurer, Education and Educational Policy Section, Latin American Studies Association.

Published
2012-06-20
How to Cite
Delgado Troncoso, J. (2012). Role of Open Access in the emergence and consolidation of refereed journals in Latin America and the Caribbean. Higher Education and Society Journal (ESS), 16(2). https://doi.org/10.54674/ess.v16i2.657
Issue
Vol 16 No 2 (2011): The Impact of Open Access in Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Section
General section articles

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