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JOURNAL PUBLICATION IN CHILE, COLOMBIA, AND VENEZUELA: UNIVERSITY RESPONSES TO GLOBAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL PRESSURES AND TRENDS

Delgado, Jorge Enrique (2011) JOURNAL PUBLICATION IN CHILE, COLOMBIA, AND VENEZUELA: UNIVERSITY RESPONSES TO GLOBAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL PRESSURES AND TRENDS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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BACKGROUND: This project was motivated by the impressive growth that scholarly/scientific journals in Latin America have shown in recent decades. That advance is attributed to global, regional, and national pressures and trends, as well as a response to obstacles that scholars/researchers from the region face to be published in prestigious journals and journals to be included in mainstream indexes. This had not been studied at the institutional level, that is, the universities where most of the journals are published. PURPOSE: Analyze policies, arrangements, and actions that Chilean, Colombian, and Venezuelan universities have implemented to support the publication of journals in response to global, regional, and national trends and pressures. METHODS: This qualitative study analyzed 24 interviews conducted with journal editors, university authorities, and national experts from 12 universities in Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela. The model of allomorphism developed by Massimiliano Vaira (2004) was used to analyze the findings. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: 1) all universities in the study have developed policies and arrangements to support the publication of journals, including funding, training, and open access electronic publication. 2) Editors' workload has increased and their job is considered very important; however, it is not recognized in salary systems. 3) Institutional actors participating in the publication of journals are emerging: university journal coordinators, libraries, ICT units, and to a less extent, press units. 4) National factors influencing the publication of journals include political context, university accreditation, journal evaluation systems, ranking and/or funding systems, and university salary systems. 5) Regional directories, repositories, and indexes published in local languages have influenced the growth of journals (Latindex, RedALyC, SciELO, CLACSO, etc.). 7) International organizations, in particular the IADB, have given loans to the countries to develop science and technology. 8) Even though regional initiatives have gained relevance, Thomson Reuters' indexes are still considered reference standards. However, new international actors/initiatives such as Scopus by Elsevier, the Open Journal System by the Public Knowledge Project, and other repositories and directories are becoming alternatives. 8) The imposition of publication models based on natural sciences, pressures to increase exogamy of publications, and languages barriers are still sources of tension.


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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Delgado, Jorge Enriquejed41@pitt.edu, jdelgado4501@yahoo.com.arJED41
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairWeidman, John Cweidman@pitt.eduWEIDMAN
Committee MemberFischman, Gustavo Enriquefischman@asu.edu
Committee MemberGunzenhauser, Michael Gmgunzen@pitt.eduMGUNZEN
Committee MemberJacob, William Jameswjacob@pitt.eduWJACOB
Date: 22 August 2011
Date Type: Completion
Defense Date: 15 June 2011
Approval Date: 22 August 2011
Submission Date: 10 August 2011
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Education > Administrative and Policy Studies
Degree: PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chile; Colombia; higher education; journals; Latin America; organizational allomorphism; scientific journals; science and technology; Venezuela
Other ID: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-08102011-124121/, etd-08102011-124121
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2011 19:58
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2016 13:48
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9049

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