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    Scientific Production on Open Access: A Worldwide Bibliometric Analysis in the Academic and Scientific Context

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    This research aims to diachronically analyze the worldwide scientific production on open access, in the academic and scientific context, in order to contribute to knowledge and visualization of its main actors. As a method, bibliographical, descriptive and analytical research was used, with the contribution of bibliometric studies, especially the production indicators, scientific collaboration and indicators of thematic co-occurrence. The Scopus database was used as a source to retrieve the articles on the subject, with a resulting corpus of 1179 articles. Using Bibexcel software, frequency tables were constructed for the variables, and Pajek software was used to visualize the collaboration network and VoSViewer for the construction of the keywords’ network. As for the results, the most productive researchers come from countries such as the United States, Canada, France and Spain. Journals with higher impact in the academic community have disseminated the new constructed knowledge. A collaborative network with a few subnets where co-authors are from different countries has been observed. As conclusions, this study allows identifying the themes of debates that mark the development of open access at the international level, and it is possible to state that open access is one of the new emerging and frontier fields of library and information science

    Scientific Production on Open Access: A Worldwide Bibliometric Analysis in the Academic and Scientific Context

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    This research aims to diachronically analyze the worldwide scientific production on open access, in the academic and scientific context, in order to contribute to knowledge and visualization of its main actors. As a method, bibliographical, descriptive and analytical research was used, with the contribution of bibliometric studies, especially the production indicators, scientific collaboration and indicators of thematic co-occurrence. The Scopus database was used as a source to retrieve the articles on the subject, with a resulting corpus of 1179 articles. Using Bibexcel software, frequency tables were constructed for the variables, and Pajek software was used to visualize the collaboration network and VoSViewer for the construction of the keywords' network. As for the results, the most productive researchers come from countries such as the United States, Canada, France and Spain. Journals with higher impact in the academic community have disseminated the new constructed knowledge. A collaborative network with a few subnets where co-authors are from different countries has been observed. As conclusions, this study allows identifying the themes of debates that mark the development of open access at the international level, and it is possible to state that open access is one of the new emerging and frontier fields of library and information science.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

    Scientific Production on Open Access: A Worldwide Bibliometric Analysis in the Academic and Scientific Context

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    This research aims to diachronically analyze the worldwide scientific production on open access, in the academic and scientific context, in order to contribute to knowledge and visualization of its main actors. As a method, bibliographical, descriptive and analytical research was used, with the contribution of bibliometric studies, especially the production indicators, scientific collaboration and indicators of thematic co-occurrence. The Scopus database was used as a source to retrieve the articles on the subject, with a resulting corpus of 1179 articles. Using Bibexcel software, frequency tables were constructed for the variables, and Pajek software was used to visualize the collaboration network and VoSViewer for the construction of the keywords' network. As for the results, the most productive researchers come from countries such as the United States, Canada, France and Spain. Journals with higher impact in the academic community have disseminated the new constructed knowledge. A collaborative network with a few subnets where co-authors are from different countries has been observed. As conclusions, this study allows identifying the themes of debates that mark the development of open access at the international level, and it is possible to state that open access is one of the new emerging and frontier fields of library and information science.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

    El acceso a fuentes abiertas al conocimiento en ciencia y tecnología en América Latina y el Caribe

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    El artículo presenta un amplio estudio que analiza el impacto del acceso a las fuentes del conocimiento para la difusión de las actividades científicas y tecnológicas en los países emergentes y en vías de desarrollo, desde la perspectiva de la inclusión social. Se define la inclusión social como la utilización de las TIC y sus potencialidades en el proceso de creación de herramientas tecnológicas que favorecen el trabajo colaborativo en entornos virtuales de aprendizaje. El acceso a las fuentes del conocimiento va conformando un proceso de alfabetización digital que garantiza la generación de recursos digitales en el marco de las redes de información. Se analizan los proyectos de difusión del conocimiento científico en entornos virtuales de aprendizaje en países emergentes y en vías de desarrollo. En concreto, en el área de América Latina y Caribe se revisan las iniciativas orientadas al diseño de una infraestructura para la promoción de la ciencia y tecnología. Se estudia la creación de las redes Avanzadas para la Ciencia, Tecnología, Educación e Innovación. Se incide en el estudio de los entornos colaborativos de aprendizaje como un activo para la alfabetización digital en el proceso de comunicación científica. Se revisa la aportación del concepto de Web 2.0 a los entornos colaborativos y abiertos de aprendizaje informacional, a través de redes y proyectos, como plataformas de acceso abierto al conocimiento.This article presents a wide and comprehensive study that analyzes the impact of the access to knowledge sources in order to disseminate scientific and technological activities in emerging and developing countries, from the perspective of social inclusion. Social inclusion is defined as the use of ICT and its potential in the process of creating technological tools that promote collaborative work in virtual learning environments. The access to knowledge sources is shaping a digital literacy process that guarantees the production of digital resources in the context of information networks. Projects of diffusion of scientific knowledge in virtual learning environments in emerging and developing countries are also analyzed. In the area of Latin America and the Caribbean in particular, initiatives to design an infrastructure for the . promotion of science and technology are reviewed. The creation of the Advanced Networks for Science, Technology, Education and Innovation is studied. The article emphasizes the study of collaborative learning environments as an asset for the digital literacy in the process of scientific communication. The contribution of the concept of Web 2.0 to collaborative and open environments of informational learning is reviewed, through networks and projects as open access platforms to knowledge

    Koyaanisqatsi in Cyberspace

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    Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi Indian word that translates into English as 'life out of balance,' 'crazy life,' 'life in turmoil,' 'life disintegrating,' all meanings consistent with indicating 'a way of life which calls for another way of living.” While not wishing to suggest either that the international regime of intellectual property rights protection scientific and technical data and information is “crazy” or that it is “in turmoil”, this paper argues that the persisting drift of institutional change towards towards a stronger, more extensive and globally harmonized system of intellectual property protections during the past two decades has dangerously altered the balance between private rights and the public domain in data and information. In this regard we have embarked upon “a way of life which calls for another way of living.” High access charges imposed by holders of monopoly rights in intellectual property have overall consequences for the conduct of science that are particularly damaging to programs of exploratory research which are recognized to be critical for the sustained growth of knowledge-driven economies. Lack of restraint in privatizing the public domain in data and information has effects similar to those of non- cooperative behaviors among researchers in regard to the sharing of access to raw data-steams and information, or the systematic under- provision the documentation and annotation required to create reliably accurate and up-to-date public database resources. Both can significantly degrade the effectiveness of the research system as a whole. The urgency of working towards a restoration of proper balance between private property rights and the public domain in data and information arises from considerations beyond the need to protect the public knowledge commons upon which the vitality of open science depends. Policy-makers who seek to configure the institutional infrastructure to better accommodate emerging commercial opportunities of the information-intensive “new economy” – in the developed and developing countries alike –therefore have a common interest in reducing the impediments to the future commercial exploitation of peer-to-peer networking technologies which are likely to be posed by ever-more stringent enforcement of intellectual property rights.

    Emerging infectious diseases : 2017 journal report

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    In the 25 years since the Institute of Medicine issued its landmark report on Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States, much has been accomplished and far-reaching recommendations have been issued. That 1992 report and its 2003 sequel galvanized support for research and public health action to address challenges posed by new, emerging, and reemerging infectious diseases. In 1995, that original report also inspired CDC to establish Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID), an open access, peer-reviewed journal, to provide a voice for public health scientists who responded to that call for action.EID has since published thousands of scientific articles that discuss disease emergence, prevention, and elimination and has a broad international authorship base. EID\u2019s hardworking Associate Editors and Editorial Board\u2014who volunteer their time and expertise\u2014ensure that EID\u2019s independent peer review is rigorous and its content is relevant for public health professionals in infectious diseases and related sciences.Emerging Infectious Diseases: 2017 Journal Report highlights key achievements and metrics that document how well EID connects with its core public health audiences, including the following:\u2022 EID\u2019s 2016 ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) impact factor of 6.99 ranked it first among open-access journals and fourth among the 82 infectious disease journals ISI tracks.\u2022 Our online page views topped more than 4 million for 2016.\u2022 In 2016, EID\u2019s content available at PubMed Central, the United States National Library of Medicine\u2019s digital repository, was accessed 2,755,320 times\u2014up 394,000 from 2015.\u2022 EID published 547 articles in 2016 while receiving 2,105 submissions from 110 different countries for peer review.\u2022 EID is one of the few open access, peer-reviewed journals available both online and in print.Publication date from document properties.2017 Journal Report.pdf201

    Global Trends in Space Access and Utilization

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    In the not-so-distant past, space access and air/space technology superiority were within the purview of the U.S. and former Soviet Union's respective space agencies, both vying for global leadership in space exploitation. In more recent years, with the emergence of the European Space Agency (ESA) member countries and Asian countries joining the family of space-faring nations, it is truer now more than ever that space access and utilization has become a truly global enterprise. In fact, according to the Space Report 2007, this enterprise is a $251-billion economy. It is possible to gauge the vitality of worldwide efforts from open sources in today's transparent, media-based society. In particular, print and web broadcasters regularly report and catalog global space activities for defense and civil purposes. For the purposes of this paper, a representative catalog of missions is used to illustrate the nature of the emerging "globalization." This paper highlights global trends in terms of not only the providers of space access, but also the end-users for the various recently accomplished missions. With well over 50 launches per year, in recent years, the launch-log reveals a surprising percentage of "cooperative or co-dependent missions" where different agencies, countries, and/or commercial entities are so engaged presumably to the benefit of all who participate. Statistics are cited and used to show that recently over d0% of the 50-plus missions involved multiple nations working collectively to deliver payloads to orbit. Observers, space policy professionals, and space agency leaders have eloquently proposed that it might require the combined resources and talents of multiple nations to advance human exploration goals beyond low earth orbit. This paper does not intend to offer new information with respect to whether international collaboration is necessary but to observe that, in continuing to monitor global trends, the results seem to support the thesis that a global interdependent effort with all its likely complexities is an increasingly viable and pragmatic option. The discussion includes a breakdown of space missions into those of civil (scientific), military, and strictly commercial nature. It concludes that all three are robust components of a globally diversified portfolio of activities relying, essentially, on a common space industrial base and space infrastructure. As in other industries, the distribution of space industry assets and knowledge across countries and continents enables a diverse suite of options and arrangements, particularly in the areas of civil and commercial space utilization. A survey of several ongoing bilateral and multilateral space collaboration examples are provided to augment the observations regarding multinational work in space

    The Development of Global Science.

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    How do we build research capacity throughout the world and capture the great human potential? To us, the answer is rather straightforward: the time-honored tradition of scientific mentoring must be practiced on a wider scale across borders. Herein, we detail the necessity for expanding mentorship to a global scale and provide several important principles to be considered when designing, planning, and implementing programs and centers of research around the world

    MOOC and OER: identity management

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    Open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC) are new and emerging issues in the international higher education context. Under the exponential growth of the supply of courses and related publications, the purpose of this chapter is to foster scientific discussion on the socio-cultural and economic impacts, as well as its technological and pedagogical implications. Supported by the methodological typology of bibliographical studies, systematized interpretative-critical analysis based on review of the concepts, and principles guiding OER and MOOC, the authors' reflections show that the enlargement terminologies without epistemological delimitation have provoked theoretical and practical mistakes. In the final considerations, the authors systematize broader problematizations around the open educational practices in universities aimed to five dimensions: spatio-time-content, theoretical models, principles of pedagogical innovation, economic aspects, and fundamentals of collaborative culture.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
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