Disrupciones y Herencia de la Pandemia en la Comunicación Científica de los Investigadores Noveles Españoles

  1. Blanca Rodríguez-Bravo 1
  2. David Nicholas 2
  1. 1 Universidad de León, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Área de Biblioteconomía y Documentación
  2. 2 CIBER Research Ltd.
Journal:
El profesional de la información

ISSN: 1386-6710,  1699-2407

Year of publication: 2024

Volume: 33

Issue: 2

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3145/EPI.2024.0209 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Se expone la situación de los Early Career Researchers (ECRs) españoles durante la pandemia atendiendo a los principales cambios originados por el confinamiento en sus hábitos de trabajo y en sus prácticas de comunicación académica. A partir de la información extraída de entrevistas y encuestas se analizan las transformaciones experimentadas en los siguientes ámbitos: la docencia a distancia, la producción investigadora, el sistema de evaluación y las métricas utilizadas, el progreso de la ciencia abierta, el peer review, las prácticas éticamente cuestionables, la colaboración y el networking, las reuniones y congresos online, la divulgación científica y la utilización de las redes sociales. Superada la pandemia algunas disrupciones han revertido. Sin embargo, otras han permanecido. La pandemia ha normalizado el uso de lo virtual y los eventos híbridos y ha promovido las prácticas de divulgación de los investigadores, entre otros cambios.

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