Retrasos en el proceso editorial de las publicaciones académicas incluidas en SciELO México

del Pont Lalli, Raúl Marcó and Martínez Navarro, Raúl Retrasos en el proceso editorial de las publicaciones académicas incluidas en SciELO México. Revista Interamericana de Bibliotecología, 2022, vol. 45, n. 2, pp. 1-11. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

Publishing in science and technology journals is usually time-consuming, which may cause adverse effects on academic careers (get a scholarship, tenure, or promotion) and on the reputation of serial publications themselves. It is also a relevant variable considered by authors when deciding where to publish. Despite the effects of these delays, there are very few systematic studies in Mexico about the time it takes for journals to publish the manuscripts received. To fill this gap, this editorial aspect was analyzed, based on open data from SciELO Mexico, reviewing the time taken for 196 Mexican journals to publish manuscripts, as well as the clear differences between serial publications of a given field of knowledge. The resulting times were compared with similar studies on Anglo-Saxon journals, megajournals, and ‘predators’ journals to locate more clearly the editorial processes in a global environment and to envision the possibilities of a more efficient editorial management.

Spanish abstract

Publicar en revistas de ciencia y tecnología toma generalmente mucho tiempo, lo que puede tener efectos negativos en las carreras académicas (obtención de becas, de plazas y promociones) y en la reputación de las propias publicaciones seriadas. También es una variable relevante que los autores toman en cuenta para decidir dónde publicar. A pesar de los efectos de estos retrasos, existen muy pocos estudios sistemáticos en México sobre el tiempo que le toma a las revistas dar a conocer los textos recibidos. Para cubrir esa ausencia, se analizó este aspecto editorial, a partir de los datos abiertos de SciELO México, y los tiempos que les toma a 196 revistas mexicanas dar a conocer sus artículos, así como las diferencias notables entre publicaciones seriadas de un mismo campo de conocimiento. Se compararon los tiempos resultantes con estudios similares sobre los journals anglosajones, los megajournals y las revistas depredadoras, para ubicar con mayor claridad los procesos editoriales en un entorno global, y vislumbrar las posibilidades de una gestión editorial más eficiente.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Scientific a nd technical journals, peer review, review time, editorial time. revistas científicas y técnicas, evaluación por pares, tiempo de revisión, tiempo editorial
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BH. Information needs and information requirements analysis.
I. Information treatment for information services > IL. Semantic web
Depositing user: Juan Camilo Vallejo Echavarria
Date deposited: 08 Aug 2022 12:13
Last modified: 08 Aug 2022 12:13
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/43458

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