Staff at Revistas de Investigación Científica dedication, recognition and the Aut-Aut ethics as intangible

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.216532520021

• Palavras-chave: scientific journal teams, dedication, recognition, academic scores.

• Keywords: scientific journal teams, dedication, recognition, academic scores.

• Abstract:

  This work is based on a study whose main objective has been to verify the dedication needs, recognition and professional ethics of the human team of Latin American scientific journals in the field of communication a brief review will be made of the roles, the development time of these activities, the possible rewards, critical aspects and a brief proposal for future action. 
  We started from the hypothesis that, given that quality is not possible without quantity, it is necessary to reflect on the time of dedication that the performance of scientific journal teams requires, the difficulties they present, and it is thought that in most cases there is still not an adequate correlation with the necessary professional and academic recognition. In order to corroborate this hypothesis, some in-depth interviews were conducted with some of the agents involved in the 50 journals studied and a survey was carried out to collect initial data that would allow a first field exploration.  As first results, it is verified that the recognition is still below what should be granted, and in the time of dedication that should be recognized, except in rare exceptions. The data speak of a high level of dedication time that exceeds that assigned and valued academically and personally for these functions; on the other hand, it is deduced from the surveys that the work of the journal team should still obtain greater recognition in the majority of private, public and accreditation bodies. After studying the data collected, the surveys and the interviews, the main conclusion is that, for the participants in the scientific journal teams, there is an ethical reason for their dedication that exceeds the expectations of academic and professional recognition and exceeds the possible benefits and economic incentives. It is suggested that, even so, keeping the balance of satisfaction positive with respect to the reward, public and private institutions should make a change in the valuation of such work so as not to risk that the quality of publications and therefore the development of knowledge ends up being considered not as an Aut-Aut where in any case ethics wins, but as a personal choice that ends up with the involvement and performance of the scientific journal team.