Excellence or quality? Impact of the current competition regime on science and scientific publishing in Latin America and its implications for development

Current Sociology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 647-665

  Vessuri, Hebe ^a   Guédon, Jean Claude ^b   Cetto, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Am rica Latina; Am rique Latine; calidad y evaluaci n de la investigaci n; Competencia cient fica; Concurrence scientifique; Excellence; valuation de la qualit et de la recherche; Latin America; open access journals; politique de recherche; pol tica de investigaci n; quality and research evaluation; reconnaissance scientifique; reconocimiento cient fico; research policy; revistas de acceso abierto; revues d'acc s libre; scientific competition; scientific recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905452571     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392113512839     Document Type: Article

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