Books as means of scientific publishing

Authors

  • Paulo Rogério Meira Menandro Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Departamento de Psicologia Social e do Desenvolvimento
  • Oswaldo Hajime Yamamoto Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Centro de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes; Departamento de Psicologia
  • Emmanuel Zagury Tourinho Universidade Federal do Pará; Núcleo de Teoria e Pesquisa do Comportamento
  • Antônio Virgílio Bittencourt Bastos Universidade Federal da Bahia; Departamento de Psicologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642011000200005

Keywords:

Scientific publishing, Graduate programs, Book evaluation

Abstract

This essay discusses the importance of books as means of scientific publishing. Arguments are presented which favors the view that periodicals and books, in several areas of knowledge, constitute different modes for dissemination of academic findings, complementary in the fulfillment of relevant functions for the development of sciences and for both professional formation and development. The methodology adopted in recent years in Brazil for evaluation of books produced within Graduate programs in Psychology is described and commented.

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Published

2011-06-01

How to Cite

Books as means of scientific publishing. (2011). Psicologia USP, 22(2), 367-386. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642011000200005