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Published on: October 24, 2019
University presses, academic books, and authors in Ibero-America: a systematic review
Sofia E Calle Pesántez1, Cristian Suárez-Giraldo2,3, Alberto Ramos Alonso4
1Ibero-American Network for Scientific Studies on the Publishing, Evaluation and Circulation of Academic Books, Bogotá, Colombia.
Introduction:
This study analyzes the literature on academic book publishing in Ibero-America indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, with the aim of describing its evolution and mapping co-occurrence and co-authorship networks to identify the current state of the field and existing gaps.
Methods:
A systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA 2020 protocol. Records were managed with Rayyan and analyzed using VOSviewer and R, incorporating thematic analysis of 44 selected studies.
Results:
The findings show a stronger concentration of publications in the last decade and an emerging field focused on editorial practices, open access, editorial professionalization, evaluation, and indicators. Co-authorship is concentrated in a few centers, and structural limitations persist that hinder robust comparisons.
Discussion:
The results highlight tensions in integrating books into scientific evaluation systems and in recognizing scientific development in areas of knowledge where books remain central. The study identifies gaps in the contextualization of evaluation frameworks that recognize the linguistic and publishing diversity of the Ibero-American region, calling for the consolidation of regulatory evaluation frameworks that strengthen scientific quality in academic publishing.
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