Imposturas en el ecosistema de la publicación científica

Abstract

The profound changes occurring in the way in which scientists communicate their findings, as well as the changes in the publishing industry, and certainly the well-established and growing "culture of evaluation", are causes of deception, imbalance or contradictions among the various agents that make up what has been termed ecosystem of publication. What follows only a brief account. Some come from institutions, others from the publishing world, and others emerge from scientists themselves. By identifying them, one may observe the relations within this ecosystem and the influence that behaviours may have on one another. It is also possible to detect the relation of forces involved in this area and the variables available to researchers, so that they may decide whether to participate or not in a particular publication scheme.