Influencia de las revistas de impacto en el periodismo científico y en la ciencia actual

Abstract

In this study, an attempt has been made to detect the influence of impact magazines in
which the majority of the articles published are written by scientists, on specialist journalism and
on present-day science. I have analysed the Spanish case in particular, but I consider that its
conclusions can be extended to all other countries. Apart from the fact that the absolute
preponderance of magazines such as Nature and Science is demonstrated: 45 per cent of the
information on science given by foreign scientists who publish their work in generalist
newspapers is taken from these magazines, also analysed are the influences that the media
communication strategy used by the press offices of these publications exert on science. A special
study has been made of the preponderance of English and the scanty relevance of Spanish, besides
the future consequences that the ever-increasing impact of a few magazines will have on
modification of the scientific model in experimental sciences.