Community intervention: Proposal of a scientific Journal to socialize studies in communities

Abstract

Scientific journals are instances that contribute to the institutionalization and consolidation of particular scientific fields. The scientific field of social studies on community development in Latin America and the Caribbean has few serials open to acceptance and dialogue between dominant and emerging paradigms. The objectives of the study were: 1) to examine serial and scientific publications on the field of social studies about community development in Latin America and the Caribbean and 2) to design the Community Intervention journal to socialize field studies. To obtain results, the methods were used at the theoretical level: analytical - synthetic, historical - logical and systemic - structural; At the empirical level, documentary analysis and modeling were used. The characteristics of the scientific policies and main publications in Latin America and the Caribbean on community social studies were identified. The Community Intervention magazine and its information architecture were designed based on the use of the automated publishing management system Open Journal Systems. It was concluded that the scientific field of social studies on community development in the Region is poorly consolidated, an aspect that is evidenced in the limited presence of specialized journals. The most productive journals favored dominant paradigms of science, as an alternative, the design of the Community Intervention journal will allow for the socialization of studies corresponding to emerging paradigms.