Open Access News

News from the open access movement


Sunday, October 26, 2008

OA publishing from Argentina and Brazil in physics and chemistry

Alberto Gustavo Albesa and Gabriela Prêtre, Estudio comparativo de las publicaciones en revistas de acceso abierto de los investigadores de Argentina y Brasil. (Física) [Comparative study of the publications in OA journals by researchers in Argentina and Brazil (physics)], presented at the 93 Reunión Nacional de Física Argentina / XI Reunión de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Física (Buenos Aires, September 15-19, 2008); self-archived October 24, 2008.

Alberto Gustavo Albesa and Gabriela Prêtre, Estudio comparativo de las publicaciones en revistas de acceso abierto de los investigadores de Argentina y Brasil. (Química) [Comparative study of the publications in OA journals by researchers in Argentina and Brazil (chemistry)], presented at the XXVII Congreso Argentino de Química (San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, September 17-19, 2008); self-archived October 24, 2008. (Thanks to Alberto Albesa.)

The papers analyze the publications by authors from Argentina and Brazil in OA journals in physics and chemistry, respectively. In both cases, the papers found that the tendency to publish in these journals is increasing year by year, it is still at an early stage of development.