Abstract

CARDENAS, Melba L.. Challenges of the HOW Journal in Spreading Teachers’ Works in Times of Ranking Pressures. How [online]. 2016, vol.23, n.2, pp.35-57. ISSN 0120-5927.  https://doi.org/10.19183/how.23.2.333.

Colombian universities and some professional organisations have faced the challenge of gaining visibility, mainly via accredited publications whose reputation depends upon their inclusion in prestigious rankings. This article contains a documentary analysis of the evolution of the HOW journal, the authors’ profiles, and their preferred themes and concerns-as evidenced in the articles published to date and in records of the editorial processes kept over the past ten years. From that analysis we derive a series of challenges dealing with editorial policies and processes which are closely related to current trends in the evaluation systems that govern the rankings of academic journals.

Keywords : Academic journals; getting published; HOW journal; ranking systems; teachers as writers.

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