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<div>Regarding the coverage of Latin American journals (SciELO) in the
web of science, here are 2 interesting papers. The first one is
entitled "<font face="Arial Bold" color="#000000">Latin American
Scientific Journals: from "Lost Science" to Open
Access.</font></div>
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<div
>http://www.mexicanistas.eu/uploads/documents/Latin%20American%20Scie<span
></span>ntific%20Journals,%20ponencia,%20Sanchez%20Pereira.pdf</div>
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<div
>p://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)61600<span
></span>-6/fulltext</div>
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<div>Françoise Salager-Meyer</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>***<br>
Greetings from Vancouver<br>
<br>
Interestingly enough, at least from the perspective of an earth
sciences librarian, it appears that some journals that<br>
are in Latindex are also indexed in Web of Science and GeoRef.<br>
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For example,<br>
<br>
<a
href=
"http://www.latindex.unam.mx/buscador/ficRev.html?folio=18159&opcion=3"
>http://www.latindex.unam.mx/buscador/ficRev.html?folio=18159&opc<span
></span>ion=3</a><br>
<br>
Knowing the coverage of GeoRef, this doesn't really surprise me.<br>
<br>
Kevin<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Kevin Lindstrom<br>
Physical Sciences and Engineering Librarian<br>
Woodward Library<br>
2198 Health Sciences Mall <br>
University of British Columbia<br>
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z3<br>
Email:kevin.lindstrom@ubc.ca<br>
Voice: (604) 822-0695<br>
scieng.library.ubc.ca</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"
color="#000000"><b>From:</b> boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk
[boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] on behalf of Jean-Claude Guédon
[jean.claude.guedon@umontreal.ca]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BOAI] Re: a question on the nature of this
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>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...).<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
I am with you 120%' Carolina.<br>
<br>
Jean-Claude<br>
<br>
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Le mercredi 12 juin 2013 à 13:06 -0400, Carolina Rossini a écrit
:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Hi all,<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>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.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I was thinking of
a coalition of sorts, which can
publish statements and positions supporting local
actions.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>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.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Carolina<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>--<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Carolina Rossini</b><br>
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href="http://carolinarossini.net/"><font
color="#3333FF">http://carolinarossini.net/</font></a><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#666666">skype:
carolrossini</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><tt>Jean-Claude Guédon Professeur
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