Abstract

SALATINO, Maximiliano  and  GALLARDO, Osvaldo. Cartographies of Argentine political science. An analysis of its production/circulation spaces. Civilizar [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.39, pp.99-114.  Epub Oct 17, 2021. ISSN 1657-8953.  https://doi.org/10.22518/jour.ccsh/2020.2a06.

This paper aimed to map the current state of the structures of political science production and circulation in Argentina. This type of analysis is part of a series of studies that have analyzed the forms that peripheral science has adopted, its styles of production and publication circuits. We sought to answer a simple question that has complex answers: where does Argentina’s political science publish and what characteristics do its researchers present - considering trajectories, strategies, and profiles - at CONICET? To this end, we analyzed the trajectories of 148 CONICET researchers in order to understand their publication practices and positioning in the Argentinean scientific field. At the same time, we examined the publication space of political science journals, their circuits and circulation orientations.

Political Science in Argentina has a dynamic and consolidated structure. The historical trend that guided the trajectories of agents towards international spaces is contrasted with a recent trend of graduating from national universities and entering a scientific career at CONICET. Beyond the scientific policies of decentralization of science and technology activities, the concentration of research capacities in metropolitan areas is almost absolute. In the case of political science, the UBA-UNSAM-UNR node centralizes the largest number of researchers and, therefore, of political science production in the country.

Keywords : Political Science; Argentina; scientific production; scientific journals..

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