MegaJournal: revisão de conceitos

Authors

  • Milton Shintaku Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
  • Ronnie Fagundes de Brito Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
  • Piotr Trzesniak Universidade Federal de Itajubá

Keywords:

Scientific communication, Journals, MegaJournals

Abstract

The MegaJournal presents as an option of journal’s model with high frequency of publication and simplified peer review, in a digital environment. However, this journal’s model is not disseminate, in Brazil, therefore it requires studies about concepts and practices. Thus, the aims of this work is to present the theme literature, through bibliographic records. Along these lines, the MegaJournal date from 2011 and may be a evolution of the open access online journals, on the other hand it can not allege that the theme is endorse, because further research regarding the theme are necessary, even if their primary characteristics already been established.

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2018-09-06

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