THE PUBLISHING PRODUCTIONS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS:

THE MO AND THE INTERESTS OF RESEARCH GROUPS

Abstract

Based on the leaders of research groups' modus operandi, this article aims to study the interests behind the publication of manuscripts in scientific journals. As the methodological design, the authors have chosen qualitative research and prosopography as methodological procedures linking semi-structured interviews to the analysis of documents for obtaining information. We considered that the submission of manuscripts to the journals indicates not only the agent's strategies and actions to operate scientifically but above all their political-epistemological interests, elements loaded with intentions and commitment to a determined scientific praxis.