%0 Journal Article
%T If We Are Not Indexed, We Do Not Exist? - If We Are Not Indexed, We Do Not Exist? - Open Access Pub
%A Jaime Hinzpeter
%J OAP | Home | International Physiology Journal | Open Access Pub
%D 2018
%X DOI10.14302/issn.2578-8590.ipj-18-2531 While I was studying medicine, long before the rapid and irrepressible irruption of the Internet and before the era of the iPhone and APPs, I recall an afternoon when I leafed through my paperback books and notes. I remember one book in particular that was a much-anticipated reissue that had just arrived at the library. The smell of paper and ink came as breaths of inspiration. Soon, I had a whirlwind of ideas and I decided to write. I went then to the shelves where the oldest books were, looking for information about something that I can no longer remember; however, I do remember the vision I had while climbing the stairs. I imagined an endless set of stairs shaped like hexagons and an unforgettable tale written by Jorge Luis Borges1 came to mind, The Library of Babel, which says: "Like all the men in the library, I have traveled in my youth; I have pilgrimaged in search of a book, perhaps the catalog of catalogs ....¡± Many years have passed since that afternoon, and many more as well since I graduated and became a doctor. By the way, I do not know what I wrote that time and if I even wrote anything at all. Now, as I sit in front of the computer, I find myself faced with the task of writing about the importance of scientific publications that are in indexed journals. We start from the following base: Internet is a vast digital library (perhaps infinite) in which just a click or the simple typing of a few letters or words is all it takes to access this network of knowledge; knowledge that is supported by technological progress and the globalization of communications. This great advance has favored the new generations of professionals and students 2 with new and improved knowledge and the integration of interdisciplinary research groups. All of this has occurred extremely fast. Let¡¯s take Facebook and Twitter 3 as examples. These have emerged as the favorites to be pointed out. Facebook, for example, allows us to share messages and information in a fast and extensive manner, and today, it is a massive means of communication around the world. Twitter, also allows the exchange of information quickly, but in this case, it is limited to 140 characters of words in its messages. Nevertheless, it has millions of active users around the world. Undoubtedly, up until now, everything seems to flow perfectly. Technology, the Internet and all of its subsets have allowed us to be better informed and to become, more or less, writers, either as seekers of individual knowledge or as part of a group that writes a work to be
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