These slides are from Redalyc at OpenCon 2014

1. Redalyc: An Open
Access Model from and
for Latin America
Arianna Becerril García

2. Science that is not seen,
does not exist.

3. Redalyc.org
440 publisher institutions
22 countries

4. Published Journal
Printed
Electronic
2
0
0
3
It was about VISIBILITY …

5. Published Journal
Printed
Electronic
2
0
0
5
But it was not enough …

6. Published Journal
Printed
Electronic
2
0
0
8

7. 2
0
1
4

10. AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO LOOK AT
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION

11. Analyze the structure of
scholarly communication
Identify
peers
Who is ‘using’ the
knowledge generated by
an institution?
What is the trend in the
internationalization of
scientific output?
Which are the most
influential journals in a
field?
How strong is the
cohesion among
institutions in terms of
collaboration?
Which fields represent the
institutional strenghts?

12. Indicators based on:
- Internacionalization
- Collaboration
- Usage
- Productivity
For:
151 countries
More than 20,000 institutions

13. Countries
Metrics Institutions
Journals
Areas of knowledge

14. Concluding remarks
• A model to increase the visibility
of science generated in LatAm
• An alternative set of metrics to
characterize research processes
and categorize channels.
• Certification of quality
• Centralized platform that
enables comparisons
• Full text retrieval
• Professionalization of editorial
processes
• A collaborative space of Open
Access to research

15. ¡ G r a c i a s !
ARIANNA BECERRIL GARCÍA
@ariannabec