[BOAI] Re: a question on the nature of this group

[Françoise Salager-Meyer]

Regarding the coverage of Latin American journals 
(SciELO) in the web of science, here are 2 
interesting papers. The first one is entitled 
"Latin American Scientific Journals: from "Lost 
Science" to Open Access.

http://www.mexicanistas.eu/uploads/documents/Latin%20American%20Scientific%20Journals,%20ponencia,%20Sanchez%20Pereira.pdf

p://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)61600-6/fulltext

Françoise Salager-Meyer

>***
>Greetings from Vancouver
>
>Interestingly enough, at least from the 
>perspective of an earth sciences librarian, it 
>appears that some journals that
>are in Latindex are also indexed in Web of Science and GeoRef.
>
>For example,
>
><http://www.latindex.unam.mx/buscador/ficRev.html?folio=18159&opcion=3>http://www.latindex.unam.mx/buscador/ficRev.html?folio=18159&opcion=3
>
>Knowing the coverage of GeoRef, this doesn't really surprise me.
>
>Kevin
>
>
>Kevin Lindstrom
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>From: boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk 
>[boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] on behalf 
>of Jean-Claude Guédon 
>[jean.claude.guedon at umontreal.ca]
>Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:00 AM
>To: boai-forum at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>Subject: [BOAI] Re: a question on the nature of this group
>
>Having tried for years to demonstrate that what 
>is going on outside the North Atlantic region of 
>the world, is significant at a world scale - how 
>long did it take for people to begin paying 
>attention to both SciELO and RedALyC? Who pays 
>attention to the 6000 journals vetted by 
>Latindex? Why are people mesmerized by the Web 
>of Science, SCOPUS and Ulrich's? - and after 
>publishing several articles on this kind of 
>issues, I would support Carolina's call with 
>passion. I would simply add that local actions 
>are wonderful, but one should never forget that 
>their potential world impact is also great. The 
>North Atlantic region is not the sole fount of 
>wisdom in the scientific world, and it should 
>not masquerade as the only site of 
>"international" science (international here 
>meaning "core journals" as defined by 
>Thomson-Reuters...).
>
>What SciELO and RedALyC are doing is probably 
>far more significant than all the battles in 
>Britain about a silly Finch report, because the 
>Finch report affects only Britain and Brazil's 
>GDP is just about to pass that of Britain, if it 
>is not already the case. The future lies with 
>Brazil, not Britain, or France or Germany.
>
>I am with you 120%' Carolina.
>
>Jean-Claude
>
>
>
>Le mercredi 12 juin 2013 à 13:06 -0400, Carolina Rossini a écrit :
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>>In the past few days, thinking on how to 
>>advance OA in Latin America, I was wondering if 
>>the members of this list could play a more 
>>active role in supporting regional policy 
>>initiatives.
>>
>>
>>
>>I was thinking of a coalition of sorts, which 
>>can publish statements and positions supporting 
>>local actions.
>>
>>
>>
>>What do you think? This would not change other 
>>roles for this list, regarding discussions on 
>>concepts and events, but would add a additional 
>>and spicy element.
>>
>>
>>
>>Carolina
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>
>>Carolina Rossini
>>
>><http://carolinarossini.net/>http://carolinarossini.net/
>>
>>+ 1 6176979389
>>*<mailto:carolina.rossini at gmail.com>carolina.rossini at gmail.com*
>>
>>skype: carolrossini
>>
>>@carolinarossini
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>>
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>Jean-Claude Guédon Professeur titulaire 
>Littérature comparée Université de Montréal
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