Las infografías como innovación en los artículos científicos: valoración de la comunidad científica

Abstract

The emergence of new technologies, the universalization of internet use and the creation of increasingly intuitive software has meant a revolution whose consequences are still difficult to predict. In the case of education and science, traditional models have been displaced by new ways of teaching, learning, research and communication. One of the new tools that has gained strength in recent years has been infographics. An infographic is in its most basic concept a series of images that supported in a text intended to facilitate the transmission of information. The objective of this study is to know the degree of acceptance of infographics as a complement to the scientific article. Through the ad hoc design of a Likert scale survey, the opinion of 43 researchers who have published in the journal NAER Journal, which offers among its services the visualization of the article in its infographic format, has been collected. The main results of the investigation confirm that the respondents value this service very positively and are satisfied with the infographic they have obtained. However, the lack of technical competence and time of the subjects causes that this resource is not used. This problem makes us think about the suitability of the creation of graphic departments by the universities and scientific journals that facilitate this type of service to the researcher as those that are currently part of the newspapers.