Bases de datos y calidad de las revistas científicas: la aportación de Latindex

Databases and scientific journals have had a long-term relationship expressed in the processes of registration, dissemination and access to scientific information. Through them, publishers have known and adopted a series of editorial quality criteria for their journals. This article deals with the relation between databases and journal quality, particularly the experience of the Latindex information system in Latin America. It also presents the new proposal of quality criteria that Latindex has designed for online journals, which is based on standards and best practices. The contribution to the quality of journals is addressed and a mention is made about the perception of some degree of uniformity in the adoption of quality standards and the tendency to have more formal criteria, as well as its evaluation against other types of indicators. Finally, it is advised on the need to make more transparent the editorial work aimed at reinforcing the perception of quality in open access publication