10.6084/m9.figshare.5682901.v1 Rosario Rogel-Salazar Rosario Rogel-Salazar Irvin Santiago-Bautista Irvin Santiago-Bautista Néstor Daniel Martínez-Domínguez Néstor Daniel Martínez-Domínguez Latin American scientific journals of Communication indexed in WoS, Scopus and Open Access databases figshare 2017 Web of Science (WoS) Scopus databases Open Access Resource Scholarly Communication communication channels journals publishing Sociology Communication Studies Librarianship 2017-12-08 05:55:51 Journal contribution https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Latin_American_scientific_journals_of_Communication_indexed_in_WoS_Scopus_and_Open_Access_databases/5682901 We analyze the presence of communication journals published in Latin America in regional and international scientific databases. We identified the country and language in which these journals are published, as well as its availability in open or paid access. The main finding is that –despite the increase of professionalization and research in this field– communication journals have limited presence in these databases