From production to discovery: looking for the social impact of publications

Abstract

Scientific editors work from the deepest part of the discipline that we represent. We share challenges that are sometimes hard to socialize with our main clients: the authors and readers. However, in recent years we live in a way, somewhat obsessive with a common concern: the bibliometric impact of our magazines. We have been counting the number of citations, thinking that this is much more than a step that guide librarians in their policies to acquire magazines.