Las revistas académicas: entre la evaluación y el cumplimiento de su función social.

Gabriela Arévalo-Guízar; Mario Rueda-Beltrán

doi:10.7203/relieve.22.1.8066

Academic Reviews: between evaluation and fulfillment of their social function

Authors

Gabriela Arévalo-Guízar Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
Mario Rueda-Beltrán Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.22.1.8066

Keywords:

Evaluation, research journals, open access, impact factor, indexes and databases, commodification of knowledge, academic freedom, social impact

Abstract

This paper presents the necessity of reviewing the context of the evaluation of academic work in order to understand the difficulties faced by Latin American academic journals in order to comply with evaluation requirements through the use of an impact factor and interaction with companies that make use of it. It further describes the influence exercised by commercial publishers over the production and circulation of knowledge. It examines some of the strategies followed by Latin American journals to increase visibility of the knowledge , while presenting the situation condition of Mexican educational research journals in international and regional databases. Finally, the paper analyses the national evaluation criteria and policies of Mexican research journals in order to reveal the mechanisms employed to overcome obstacles that a process of this nature entails.

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Author Biographies

Gabriela Arévalo-Guízar, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Licenciada en ciencias de la comunicación, actualmente cursa la maestría en diseño y producción editorial en la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Es la autora de contacto para este artículo. Su dirección postal es: Circuito Cultural Universitario, Coyoacán, C. P. 04510, México, Distrito Federal (México)

Mario Rueda-Beltrán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Director e Investigador titular del Instituto de Investigaciones sobre la Universidad y la Educación (IISUE) de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Doctor en Ciencias de la Educación por la Universidad de París VIII. Su dirección postal es: Circuito Cultural Universitario, Coyoacán, C. P. 04510, México, Distrito Federal (México).

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Published

2016-02-26

How to Cite

Arévalo-Guízar, G., & Rueda-Beltrán, M. (2016). Academic Reviews: between evaluation and fulfillment of their social function. RELIEVE – Electronic Journal of Educational Research and Evaluation, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.22.1.8066

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2016)

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Research Articles

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