Abstract

MERCADO PERCIA, Heiner. Uses of the Calls for Papers in Colombian Scientific Journals. Inf. cult. soc. [online]. 2017, n.37, pp.99-112. ISSN 1514-8327.

It cannot be denied that the call for papers (CFP), used in a systematic way by the 'predatory' journals, are important for journals of excellence and second-class ones that turn to these announcements for their regular, themed and commemoratives editions. In this article we show the results of a survey carried out in 2016 to 199 editors of Colombian scientific journals of areas such as Natural Science, Engineering and Technology, Medical Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Humanities, and Multidisciplinary Sciences. The 75% (143) of the studied journals have a biannual regularity. 37.7% (53) of the editors usually use the CFP announcements to call for articles for their regular editions. 30% (114) of the editors use the journal's web page to issue their CFP announcements and 29.5% (111) use the e-mail. Nonetheless, 66 editors could not answer how effective were these announcements to draw articles, because they could not define the percentage of the material received that was finally published.

Keywords : Journals' Calls for Papers; Scientific Journals; Editorial Management; Attractiveness; Editorial Quality.

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