%0 Journal Article
%T Psychology Publishing in Portugal: Hardships and Disappointment follows Expectations
%A FILOMENA PARADA
%J Psychology Science Quarterly
%D 2009
%I 
%X Recently, to publish or to perish has become a motto governing most of researchers work. In Portugal, what makes the whole process so prone to hardships and disappointments is the lack of resources, mainly financial. At least, thatĄ¯s what most of the interviewees ¨C researchers working mostly at some of the major Portuguese public universities ¨C mentioned. Such a lack of resources is cross-sectional to all aspects under analysis: accessibility, costs, reviewing, time delay, language, impact and reputation. However, some additional specificities must be pointed out, namely those deriving from a lack of organization (e.g., absence of national databases) or from the need to, most of the time, publish in a non-native language due to impact and reputation issues, with all the reviewing and time delay question specifically deriving from it. Finally, participantsĄ¯ expectation and/or suggestions concerning an Open Access European Psychology Publication Platform will be outlined.
%K psychology
%K scientific communication
%K open access
%K funding
%K language
%K time delay
%K reputation
%K databases
%K Portugal
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