Editorial production of scientific journals: The influence of technological development on scientific certification, editorial management, and post-publication

Abstract

The scientific journal is the primary means of communication of science, acting as a qualitative filter, guided by specific rules to scientific communication, validating and establishing the degree of content originality. Its communicational efficiency is essential for the diffusion of scientific knowledge, acting as an indicator of the evolution of the different areas of science, being part of the process of scientific and technological development of a region. This paper aims to address the technological, normative, and theoretical issues that today involves the process of editorial management of scientific journals. Through the literature and chronology of technological development that is applied in this field, it is possible to map process transitions. We can highlight the leading technologies and the main events that guide the way of scientific journals in this scenario, such as the inclusion of manuscript management systems, the use of object identifiers, profile and serial publication, bibliometric indexes, editorial design tools, among others. As a result, it is possible to identify the impact on the process flow of editorial production which led nowadays to include in the editorial process the stages of scientific certification, editorial management, and post-publication that make up the editorial production of scientific journals in the contemporary communicational ecosystems. The submitted proposals require a management team with multidisciplinary background training and editorial production, indicating the need to professionalize this area. This information contributes to the production of guidelines for efficient production management of scientific journals.