[Visibility of scientific journals and initiatives to improve the diffusion of spanish publications].
The conceptual change which has been produced in the transmission of technology knowledge among the scientific community is examined. The international and national systems to organize, store and retrieve the scientific production as referential data bases like Medline, PubMed, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS) and Spanish Health Sciences Bibliographic Index (IBECS) are listed. The initiative called the Virtual Health Library (VHL) developed by BIREME/PAHO/WHO, especially SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) the electronic publication model, that gather collections of scientific publications--full text--, with high quality is detailed.
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D007802:Language; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards