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Vol. 18. Issue 3.
Pages 193-200 (January 2007)
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Vol. 18. Issue 3.
Pages 193-200 (January 2007)
Publishing science in the digital age. The case of Neurocirugía
Las publicaciones científicas ante la era digital. El caso de Neurocirugía
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S.S. Izquierdo
University of Valladolid (Spain)
L.R. Izquierdo*, J.M. Izquierdo**
* University of Burgos (Spain)
** Centro Médico de Asturias (Spain)
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Neurocirugía publishes a printed edition for subscribers, and also an electronic edition which is available online free of charge. The coexistence of these two formats raises some issues regarding their justification and their future evolution, e.g. why does a subscription- based journal offer free online access? Would it be wise to charge for -or somewhat limit- the electronic access to the Journal? How is the Internet changing the benefits to society that the Journal provides? Will the printed and the electronic edition of the Journal continue to coexist? This paper provides some answers and reflections on these questions. Many of our considerations are based on ideas that have been presented and discussed in a series of editorials in Neurocirugía (see Neurocirugía 17 (2), 2006); in this paper we reconsider, complement, and rearrange previous arguments to address the issues mentioned above. Based on an analysis of economic costs and of all the stakeholders involved (authors, readers, the Journal, the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery, and society as a whole), we justify the present coexistence of the two publishing formats, defend free online access, and provide our view on the expected evolution of the Journal. While we focus primarily on Neurocirugía, most of our reflections can be carried over to other scientific journals.

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Neurocirugía publica una edición impresa por suscripción y una edición electrónica en Internet de acceso gratuito. La convivencia de estos dos esquemas plantea algunos interrogantes sobre su justificación y sobre su evolución esperada, tales como ¿Por qué un acceso de pago y otro gratuito? ¿Conviene cobrar o limitar el acceso electrónico? ¿Cómo cambia Internet el servicio a la sociedad que proporciona la revista? ¿Seguirán conviviendo la versión impresa y la electrónica? En este artículo presentamos algunas respuestas y reflexiones sobre las preguntas anteriores. Muchas de estas reflexiones se basan en ideas presentadas y discutidas en editoriales previos de Neurocirugía (ver Neurocirugía 17 (2), 2006), y son aquí reorganizadas, reenfocadas o complementadas de forma conveniente para responder a los interrogantes planteados. A partir de un análisis de costes y beneficios para los distintos agentes implicados (autores, lectores, la propia revista, la Sociedad Española de Neurocirugía, la sociedad en su conjunto), justificamos la coexistencia actual de los dos esquemas de publicación, defendemos el acceso gratuito por Internet, y exponemos nuestra visión sobre la evolución esperada. Si bien nos centramos particularmente en Neurocirugía, la mayoría de las consideraciones realizadas son extensibles a la publicación y al futuro esperado de otras revistas científicas.

La versión completa de este artículo en castellano se encuentra disponible en la edición electrónica de Neurocirugía en http://revistaneurocirugia.com

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