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Scientific Information Program

The purpose of this program is to strengthen and guarantee access to national and international scientific information for research, education, and innovation. The following initiatives have been designed and implemented in this line:

  • Access to National and International Scientific Information

Scientific Information Electronic Library, BEIC. It is co–funded by Corporación Cincel and CONICYT, and has been in operation since 2008. It provides access to over 5,000 scientific journals for all universities that belong to the Council of Chancellors of Chilean Universities, and for two private universities.

Beginning in 2012, BEIC will be completely funded by CONICYT, and other institutions will also have access.

Distribution of Chilean articles produced before (2005–2007) and after the establishment of BEIC (2008–2010), by JCR quartile

SciELO-Chile (Scientific Electronic Library Online). It is a collection of 99 national scientific journals, with full text accessibility. Between 2005 and 2011, this open access collection has had thousands of citations in high impact international indexes.

  • Access to Scientific Information that is generated with public funding

CONICYT Digital Repository (RI 2.0). It holds –in digital format– the results of scientific research projects that have been awarded CONICYT competitive funds. It also stores studies that have been funded through the Budget Law. This repository has over 5,000 documents that illustrate the results of CONICYT research. They are available in full text.

Ver http://dspace.conicyt.cl/ri20/handle/10533/1 

  • Support for Scientific Publishing and for Research about Communications

Fund for Publishing of Scientific Journals. It provides competitive funds for national scientific journals of high quality and of international circulation. Since 1988, it has supported 484 projects.

Fund for the Study of Pluralism in the National Information System. Since 2009, it issues competitive calls to finance research in Communications.

  • Monitoring of National Scientific Production

The Scientific Information Program provides support to researchers and institutions for the development and dissemination of reports that analyze issues such as scientific production by researchers, and the competitiveness of research centers and institutions.

For over a decade, this program has been systematizing and informing the scientific production of Chilean universities that is indexed in ISI and SciELO. These indicators are included as part of the estimation of the indirect state funding that the Ministry of Education disburses to universities.

Also, the Scientific Information Program periodically publishes indicators that separate national production by institution, subject matter, cooperating country, and position in international rankings, among others. This information is available at: www.conicyt.cl/productividad

  • Networks and Networking

Redciencia. This is the most important scientific cooperation network in Latin America. It has over 6,000 members. See: www.redciencia.cl

RedCiencia open call for funding of dissemination, networking, and cooperation between research centers/groups and the scientific and academic community

Objective: Encouraging dissemination, cooperation, and networking among research centers/groups through the www.redciencia.cl platform, with the goal of fostering collaborative work, disseminating scientific endeavors in terms of publications and projects, and increasing visibility and insertion at the national and international level.

Mission

The purpose of this program is to strengthen and guarantee access to national and international scientific information for research, education, and innovation. Strategic goals: • Expanding the visibility of national scientific production, along with measuring its quality and impact. • Diversifying mechanisms of access to scientific information as a component of R+D activities. • Designing tools that allow the reuse and management of scientific information and research data.