Enhanced Publications: ampliando a visibilidade das publicações científicas

Abstract

The union between Communication and Science, originated the first scientific journals, whose main objective is record and increase the visibility of research and scientific communities. On the other hand, the advent of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) generated change in the communication process, both in the management and in the production of content, whose course culminates nowadays with a called network communication. Already in the scientific context, e-Science emerges as the fourth paradigm of science, by digital scientific journals, as free access policies and more recently, enhanced publications. The Survey and analysis in the digital journals PLOS, considers an expanded publication rather than features it presents in the sites, it was sought to establish that are as characteristics of an enhanced publications and how as scientific journals can work to increase your visibility.