Revistas académicas mexicanas. Panorama y prospectiva

A number of Mexican scholarly journals registered in Latindex is analyzed in order to know their main features and lay out a prospective. A revision of editorial data and editorial quality indicators was made using the Directory and the Catalog respectively, as well as the ways in which online journals are accessed and distributed. Results highlight: a proliferation of periodicals; the role of higher education institutions as major publishers; preeminence of journals of Social Sciences and scientific dissemination; limited use of English language; good visibility in regional databases; adoption of quality criteria and a tendency to create more free and open-access online journals