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Indexacin de Palmas:
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Editorial
Indexation of Palmas:
The Palmas magazine h a s been published This recognition recently became more effec-
without interruption for 26 years, first semi- tive, with the indexation granted by the Colombian
annually and then quarterly. It has evolved hand I n s t i t u t e for D e v e l o p m e n t of S c i e n c e a n d
in hand with the Colombian oil palm sector, fully Technology Francisco Jose de Caldas - Instituto
meeting its objective of providing the oil palm Colombiano para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la
community, together with other communication Tecnologia Francisco Jose de Caldas (Colciencias),
media, with valuable information that enables it which really makes Fedepalma feel proud, given
being one of the best informed in the world in its t h a t the l a t t e r is t h e n a t i o n a l organization
area of interest and moreover, unifying criteria essentially responsible for the definition of policies
around a more global oil palm culture. and strategies in the area of science and techno-
logy. The indexation process has been put in place
Palmas h a s been a very efficient communi-
by Colciencas in order to assess and certify with
cation bridge to disseminate institutional thought
and avant-garde scientific and technical deve- impartiality the quality of Colombian scientific pu-
lopment among oil palm growers and industrialists blications under international standards of social
and other people and institutions interested in this and economic impact and visibility. Palmas was
activity, which find an answer to their questions rated C in the catalogue of Colombian magazines
in this magazine. in the area of scientific research.
To meet this objective, Fedepalma studied in
The s u b j e c t a r e a s of P a l m a s h a v e b e e n
detail the requirements set by Colciencias and was
constantly renewed, according to the needs of the
pleased to realize that, since it started. Palmas had
oil palm agribusiness within the changing eco-
put in place international standards that with time
nomic, social, e n v i r o n m e n t a l a n d political
defined the quality of this type of publications in
contexts, nationally and world-wide.
the world.
This magazine currently covers agronomy,
industry, markets, trade, environment, health and The recent effort made by Cenipalma and other
nutrition - related topics. Moreover, it publishes a similar organizations h a s enabled an increase in
special edition for the proceeds of oil palm the number of unpublished works that can be read
congresses and international conferences, which in Palmas, which have come to increasingly
are held periodically. Its pages also include the replace different reproductions of materials from
r e s e a r c h c o n d u c t e d by C e n i p a l m a a n d the other international publications.
dissertations of national technicians and experts, The articles published in Palmas comply with a
as well as a wide number of articles published in strict screening process conducted by the
international magazines, which enable readers to publishing and technical committees made up of
learn about world-wide trends of the oil palm an important group of eighteen experts in different
agribusiness, as well as technical and scientific areas related to the agribusiness performance.
aspects from other countries.
The indexation provides the authors with the
As a result of the above mentioned charac- confidence that their articles are being published
teristics that gather its technical - scientific spirit. in a prestigious communication media, that their
the Palmas magazine is recognized as one the best articles satisfy high quality standards and are read
in its class in Colombia and in different countries. by a selected group of people and in addition to this,
particularly in the Latin American scope, where the researches published obtain greater recogni-
it is highly positioned. tion.
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