Call for Papers for the Research and Debates Section of Issue 13 (28) of Vínculos Journal: Sociology, Analysis, and Opinion. Commodification of Knowledge and Critical Struggles over Knowledge

Call for Papers – Issue 17 (28)Vínculos. Sociology, Analysis, and OpinionResearch and Debate Section Theme: The Commodification of Knowledge and Critical Struggles over Knowledge The possibility of interconnecting vast amounts of information through the Internet has made access relatively easy in the twenty-first century. Although academic institutions have aimed to contribute to the global communication of knowledge, they do not always do so in the spirit of open science. Some institutions, in their pursuit of rigor, adopt exclusionary models based on closed science, often referencing medical/clinical knowledge production systems and the hegemonic use of technical English. Within this global knowledge landscape, a series of problems emerge: the distribution of research resources, the concentration of intellectual capital, the scope of universities’ knowledge, the openness and “free” nature of information, and the questions of who grants recognition and validity in knowledge production, as well as how and why. This issue seeks to analyze the profound transformations that the production and circulation of academic knowledge have undergone under the logic of contemporary capitalism. It aims to problematize the tension between the social demand for open and democratic access to knowledge and the interests of large publishing corporations promoting exclusive and monetized models of distribution. We invite contributions that address, among others, the following topics: Bibliometric tools as instruments of power that precarize research labor, consolidate academic elites, and legitimize a market-oriented model of science. Bibliometrics as a mechanism of control: how impact factors and citation indexes discipline research and reshape scientific agendas. Open access as democratization of knowledge or as a form of epistemic extractivism. Academic publishing corporations as agents of accumulation: the role of monopolies in the privatization of knowledge produced with public funds. Knowledge as a commons vs. knowledge as a commodity: experiences of resistance and alternative models of academic publishing. Power relations and inequalities in the digital age: asymmetries in the production, visibility, and consumption of knowledge, with perspectives from the Global South, class, and gender. Submission ProcessManuscripts must be submitted through the OJS platform after registration:https://www.vinculossociologiaanalisisyopinion.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/VSAO/login Submissions will undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. Accepted papers will be published in Issue 28 (March 2026). Authors must follow the journal’s editorial guidelines, available at:https://www.vinculossociologiaanalisisyopinion.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/VSAO/about/submissions#authorGuidelines Timeline November 10, 2025: Deadline for manuscript submission. December 15, 2025: Notification of peer review results. February 9, 2026: Submission of final publishable version.