Abstract
Scientific journals have change since they appeared more than 352 years ago; the first ones created being associated to the dynamic of scientific associations and to the communication and public discussion needs of the generated knowledge. Today, there are thousands of journals in all knowledge areas and in every region of the world; nonetheless, their edition process, content assessment, accessibility, visibility, and diffusion, as well as their management models, have changed, especially in recent years.
Larivière, V., Haustein, S., & Mongeon, Ph. (junio, 2015). The oligopoly of academic publishers in the digital era. PLOS ONE, 10(6), e0127502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127502
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