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The emergence of massive open online course (MOOCs) has been a turning point for the academic world and, especially, in the design and provision of training courses in Higher Education. Now that the first moments of the information explosion have passed, a rigorous analysis of the [...]

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Communication can be understood, under an epistemological framework, as a macrocontext from which education participates as a part. One of the objectives of this work is to contrast this theoretical consideration with the observed interaction between education and communication scientific [...]

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With the launch of the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Thomson Reuters has created a set of expectations. The Web of Science has become the most comprehensive research platform of journal evaluation. ESCI acts as the waiting room before Thomson technicians check whether journals [...]

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This is a brief review of the relationship between Library and Information Science (LIS), Social Communication Sciences, and their journals in order to assess the validity of collaborative spaces. Professional profiles are analyzed that link the common competencies of both sectors. [...]

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The evolution of information sources before and after the Internet also raises the opportunity to discuss the information system and scientific communication. The article presents the possible scenarios for the creation of a megajournal in Information Science, considering its evolution [...]

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The system of scientific publication subjects the submitted manuscript to review, and it is common that many studies are rejected, for various reasons. Some researchers improve the study and achieve publication in another journal, while others abandon the effort and the work remains [...]

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Academic and scientific conferences must cope in the coming years with a restructuring of their delivery formats and contents if they are to survive. The evolution towards the social web 2.0 has to be considered at the same time. A range of solutions are offered, including the link [...]

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This paper analyzes the situation of Spanish journals in the master journal list of ISI Thomson Reuters’ citation indexes. The changes since 2007 will influence future results of bibliometric indicators of Journal Citation Reports. The presence of Spanish journals has increased [...]

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This article shows the role that universities’ Publishing Services, as publishers of journals, can fill in quality improvement and rationalization of scientific publishing.

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The major events in Spain during 2009 in the field of Open access to science are described and contextualized with the international environment. We offer 2009 statistical data and discuss the main achievements in three broad areas: repositories, journals and policies. The report [...]