Immediacy in the response of high-impact information science journals to Covid-19

ABSTRACT

Immediacy in times of crisis involves sharing research findings expeditiously, the socialization of results must be intertwined with ethics and scientific responsibility. The purpose of the article is to examine the immediacy in the response of high impact information science journals to the Covid-19 pandemic. An empirical-inductive approach was assumed, 88 high-impact information science journals were evaluated classified in the 2 main Scopus quartiles (Q1 43 and Q2 45), their web pages were revised, establishing as criteria evidence of information on covid-19 published at the date in open access. 17 journals referring to the pandemic were finally identified, some extending the deadlines, others calling numbers and others granting remote access to their institutional subscribers. However, in terms of immediacy, only two of them have immediately published the documents received and present content related to Covid-19 in open access. It is concluded that it is necessary to improve the response of magazines in other areas, since it is just in the first scenario, it remains to wait for the new normal. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.