Title
General characteristics of Peruvian scientific journals
Other title
Características generales de las revistas científicas peruanas
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Spanish Research Council
Abstract
This paper presents for the first time an overview of the state of current Peruvian journals. After retrieving and filtering records from LATINDEX, 138 journals were identified and characterized by the following variables: geographical origin, publisher, frequency, format (print, electronic, or both), and subject. The results show that Peruvian journals are mostly published in Lima (66.7%) by a university (73.9%), come out every six months (56.5%) both in print and electronically (67.4%), and publish articles mainly about natural sciences (35.5%). The article points out some problematic issues as well as certain measures for improving the Peruvian journal publishing market.
Volume
40
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la información
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85028976412
Source
Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica
ISSN of the container
02100614
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus