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With the aim of identifying the positioning of scientific journals in Paraguay by analyzing citations, a descriptive study was carried out with a quantitative approach, carried out between November 2016 and January 2017, using the Publish or Perish version 5.25.2. We included journals that have gone through at least one evaluation for their admission, be it database or indexing services, that count for the last three years (2014,2015, 2016) online, in total, 30 journals were studied, mostly semiannual, published by universities in the area of Social Sciences and Medical Sciences. A group of 10 journals was found in more than three indexing services or databases, with previous evaluation of income. The largest presence of journals was in the Latindex catalog. Regarding the impact factor, 14 journals were performed, the highest score obtained was 0.43 corresponded to the Journal of Public Health of Paraguay, 0.32 to the Pediatrics journal and the International Journal of Research in Social Sciences, 0.24 to the journal Memories of the Research institute in Health Sciences and 0.15 to the Agrarian Research magazine. The group of journals with positioning found is considered important. However, greater impetus is required for the inclusion of journals in more indexing services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The availability of scientific journals through online databases or indexing services facilitating access to scientific production makes both the producer of the information and the scientific production of a country or thematic area visible. This paper aims to determine the presence of scientific journals of Paraguay present in online databases with national and Latinamerican coverage and describes their main characteristics. The study was observational, descriptive and transversal, carried out during the month of September 2013. The following portals were consulted: Latindex Directory, Latindex Catalog, Electronic Links Latindex, SciELO Paraguay, DIALNET, DOAJ, CLACSO, LILACS, E-magazine and Redalyc. In general, the presence of scientific journals of Paraguay in online databases is scarce, most of them are print versions, issued twice a year and by universities, they were mostly journals in the health area. Further studies are considered necessary to know the reason that magazines fail to be visible and establish national strategies for scientific journals to increase their visibility in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]