Current scenario of scientific communication and the introduction of the Brazilian Journal of Agricultural Research (PAB) in the electronic media

Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação

Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz¹  Universidade de Brasília¹  Fortaleza, Juliana Meireles¹  Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro¹  Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária¹  Suhet, Allert Rosa¹  Bertin, Patrícia Rocha B.¹ 

关键词: Scientific communication;    Pesquisa Agropecuá;    ria Brasileira;    Scientific periodical;    Electronic publishing;    Open access;    Reading Factor.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-99362007000300007

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais * Escola de Biblioteconomia

【 摘 要 】

This work aims to discuss the evolution of scientific formal communication since Internet emergence, to place the Brazilian Journal of Agricultural Research – PAB – into this international context, and to analyze the impact of introducing this periodical into the electronic media. The number of citations received by the PAB from 1997 to 2006 was evaluated, through data obtained from SciELO electronic library. From 2001 to 2006, the number of accesses to PABÂ’s homepage increased four times, whilst the direct accesses to PABÂ’s articles augmented 50 times and the number of citations received duplicated, and reached the number of 934 in the last year. Additionally, the number of manuscripts received by the journal, for evaluation, increased. Taken together, these data demonstrate a progress through the legitimation of the electronic journal for information dissemination, by scientific community.

【 授权许可】

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