Technologies applied to the editorial production of scientific journals and a case study of the journal Acta Amazonica/Tecnologias aplicadas a producao editorial de periodicos cientificos: estudo de caso da revista Acta Amazonica

Scientific periodicals are the main form of academic communication and are marked by indexing institutions, providers and scientific libraries. The correspondent technological scenario of theses journals and the analysis of the Brazilian scientific journals in the best position in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) ranking are presented as parameters for the analysis of the scientific journal Acta Amazonica, under the optics of the editorial production process, with emphasis on moving from print to online support and its implications. This evaluation is based in online publication data from 2004 to 2017 and on the technological implications that interfered in the editorial management used in this period of time. This information can collaborate to generate guidelines for the management of the production of scientific journals.