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Las revistas de Geografía en el Journal Citation Reports: lucro económico versus acceso abierto

2015; Spanish National Research Council; Volume: 38; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Espanhol

10.3989/redc.2015.4.1248

1988-4621

Miguel García Martín,

Literary and Cultural Studies

Within the field of the scientific publishing sphere and high impact journals, there exist a wide variety of formulas ranging from relevant multinational publishing houses to small scholar public organisms. This paper analyzes the editorial features and pricing policies of geographical journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports, taking into account individual article costs, subscriptions and pay-per-publish fees. It is observed a contrasted duality between commercial publishers —Anglo-American commercial firms, which are hegemonic— and non-profit publishers, which are heterogeneous and represent the minority. Underlying the text is the debate about the necessity of spreading scientific knowledge openly and without restrictions, an issue that has to do with Open Access principles.