The SciELO model for electronic publishing and measuring of usage and impact of Latin American and Caribbean scientific journals
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After three years of continued operation, the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) Model (http://www.scielo.org/) is progressively consolidating as an adequate, advanced and long-term solution to move the Latin American and Caribbean (LA&C) scientific communication to the era of Internet electronic publishing. By the end of 2000, SciELO operates online the full text of 85 journal titles, organized by means of national collections of selected journal titles from Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica and an international collection of the best public health related journals from IberoAmerica.
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