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Redalyc

Redalyc is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Redalyc rather than just read about it. In short: The Scientific Information System Redalyc is a bibliographic database and a digital library of Open Access journals, supported by the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México with the help of numerous other higher education institutions and information systems. The project started in October 2002 with the general aim of building a scientific information system made up by the leading journals of all the knowledge ar…

Key takeaways

Redalyc belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Redalyc to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Redalyc from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Scientific Information System Redalyc is a bibliographic database and a digital library of Open Access journals, supported by the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México with the help of numerous other higher education institutions and information systems. The project started in October 2002 with the general aim of building a scientific information system made up by the leading journals of all the knowledge areas edited in and about Latin America. Since its creation, its goal is: to give visibility to the scientific production generated in Ibero-America, that is underestimated worldwide due to various factors like low investment in science and technology, low participation of Latin American scientists in some of the main currents of science, as measured by percentage of articles by Latin American authors in established electronic databases e.g., MEDLINE, and the low impact of that production. Participation, measured by percentage of articles by authors of Latin America in such databases was very low in the dominant repositories e.g., 2.7% in the Science Citation Index (SCI). As of 2015, Redalyc is an information system that also evaluates the scientific and editorial quality of knowledge in Ibero-America. A research group generates bibliometric indicators about the impact of the journals, authors and countries included in the journal electronic library. Redalyc has been consolidated as an important repository of knowledge with over 1,000 journals and more than 425,000 full-text articles.

Scientific Journal Electronic Library Organized in two main areas (social and natural sciences) and many specialised sub-sections, Redalyc gathers journals published in 15 countries, with over 550 journals and 16,000 articles available in PDF format, along with abstracts in Spanish and English languages, reference information, and other metadata. Similar to parallel projects such as Latindex, Redalyc fully embraces open access and releases its material under a Creative Commons license, making it free to download. Along with a keyword search on each page, users can browse the catalogue by title, author, country, or subject.

Countries Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Spain, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Serbia, Uruguay and Venezuela

Subjects

Social Sciences and Humanities Agrarian Studies, Anthropology, Art, Communication, Culture, Demography, Economy, Education, Environmental Studies, Geography, Health, History, Information Sciences, Language and Literature, Law, Multi-disciplinary studies, Philosophy and Science, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology and Territorial Studies

Natural and Exact Sciences Agrarian Science, Architecture, Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, Geophysics, Information Technology, Mathematics, Medicine, Multidisciplinaries, Oceanography, Physics and Veterinary Medicine

Bibliometric indicators Bibliometric techniques have been shown to be useful in development of indicators of scientific research activity to address emerging concerns such as institutional level analysis of capabilities and networks. Bibliometric indicators have been used for policy purposes for nearly 25 years and were developed to address central concerns of classical science policy - level of research output and its impact. They are incorporated in regular statistical series such as the National Science Foundation's (NSF) science indicators and are used in high-profile analyses by leading scientists and policy makers.

Tools Redalyc database requires the submission of XML. This section lists the technologies that can be used for generating Redalyc XML.

Conversion

To Redalyc XML MS Word documents & OpenOffice (LibreOffice) documents to Redalyc: Typeset: This tool provides a set of converters as a SaaS subscription model. MS-Word to SciELO XML. OxGarage and meTypeset: can convert documents from various XML formats Pandoc for Redalyc XML: Happens via MS-Word to Markdown (with some loss of context) to Redalyc.

From Redalyc XML This section describes the process of taking Redalyc XML as input, and using that to product multiple outputs.

from Redalyc to HTML: JATS Preview Stylesheets (canonical XSLT conversion) Typeset Publisher Solution eLife Lens converts NLM XML to JSON for displaying using HTML and JavaScript. from Redalyc to PDF: Typeset converter for Redalyc XML to PDF some JATS Preview Stylesheets, XSLT + XSL-FO conversion. from Redalyc to ePUB: (for mobile versions) eXtyles

Redalyc XML Editors oXygen XML Editor Typeset XML Editor for Journals. Supports XML exports in compliant Redalyc Standards. Frequently used by editorial team to generate any kind of XML, PDF, HTML and ePUB. PubRef "Pipeline": Browser-based realtime-preview XML editor

Usage indicators Redalyc produces indicator to keep track of the publications consultation. The statistics obtained are:

Site use Articles report Visits report Consults comparatives Global use reports Internationalization index Individual reports Editorial reports Institutional reports

Controversy

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Redalyc

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Redalyc claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Redalyc before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Redalyc ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Redalyc

In research: Redalyc appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Redalyc in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Redalyc is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journal online publishing platforms, Aggregation-based digital libraries, Bibliographic databases and indexes, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Redalyc outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Redalyc in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Redalyc means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Redalyc out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Redalyc in simple terms?

Why does Redalyc matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Redalyc?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Redalyc.