Internationalization of scientific publishing in a multipolar world

The internationalization of Brazilian journals has been widely debated and is seen as an important element for strengthening national science and integrating it into the global academic discourse.Overall, internationalization refers to the process of integrating journals, researchers, and institutions into global circuits of scientific production, dissemination, and evaluation.This involves collaboration among authors from different countries, inclusion in international databases, and adherence to quality criteria established by global organizations.However, although it is often presented as a pathway to promote visibility and necessary exchanges, the debate on internationalization carries a series of contradictions -especially when viewed from the perspective of countries with lower participation in the traditional circuits of international science exchange.Thus, despite the substantial progress Brazil has made in recent years, it remains a challenge for the country to place its journals and publications among world's major periodicals.From a more pragmatic perspective, some authors highlight the obstacles and possible strategies for increasing the international impact of Brazilian publications 1,2 .The language barrier faced by researchers from non-Anglophone countries is among such obstacles 3 .The Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), the large open access digital library that hosts scientific journals from various countries, supports the publication of papers in English as indispensable for increasing citations and impact indicators, thus enhancing the recognition and visibility of research and its authors in the international community 4 .The low geographical diversity of the composition of editorial boards, authors, and reviewers is also an aspect that challenges Brazilian journals.Many journals' editorial boards are predominantly national, which hinders international integration and external recognition.Authors from central countries, in turn, only publish in Brazil when their articles are coauthored with local or Latin American researchers.Another aspect of this debate questions what actually meant by internationalization of science and scientific journals 5 .CSP has addressed this issue in other forums 6 , but it is important to remember that only six conglomerates control the scientific publishing market, with astonishing profit margins 7 .Open access, coupled with internationalization, is enabled via fees charged to authors, funding agencies, and institutions.It is estimated that

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