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University in Costa Rica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Distance State University (Universidad Estatal a Distancia) (UNED), is one of five public universities in the Republic of Costa Rica. It is in Mercedes, Montes de Oca. UNED is the second university in number of students, and it is the largest coverage in the country. It has its own publishing house that produces textbooks that cover most of the needs of the university, as essayistic works, research, etc. This institution was created in 1977. Its first president was Don Francisco Antonio Pacheco Fernandez.[1]
Universidad Estatal a Distancia | |
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| Motto | El conocimiento al instante (Latin) |
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| Type | Public, undergraduate, graduate |
| Established | 1977 |
| Rector | MBA. Rodrigo Arias Camacho |
| Students | 28.000 (2011) |
| Location | Mercedes de Montes de Oca , , 9.9407°N 84.0479°W |
| Campus | Campus Fernando Volio Jiménez |
| Website | www.uned.ac.cr |
The university has programs classified into four categories:
It also offers graduate programs for master's and doctorate.[2]
UNED Research Journal is the scientific research journal of the State Distance University of Costa Rica (UNED). It is a continuous online publication (ISSN 1659-441X), where articles are published as soon as they are edited, covering the period from January 1 to December 31 of each year[3].
Its objective is to publish internationally recognized academic research in all scientific fields. The journal is aimed at an academic audience. Currently, it publishes academic research conducted in Latin America, Asia, Africa, North America, and Europe.
This journal provides immediate, free, and open access to its content, under the principle that making research freely available to the public encourages a greater global exchange of knowledge. The journal charges no fees to authors or readers, and all its content is available under a CC BY 4.0 license.
It is indexed in Scielo, Latindex, and Redalyc. According to Latindex standards, the journal meets 37 out of 38 criteria for a high-level journal. The journal and its published articles can be found in the virtual libraries of OCLC and WorldCat, as well as Google Scholar and the Directory of Open Access Journals. Several catalogs worldwide include Cuadernos de Investigación UNED in their databases, such as the National Library of Australia, University of Brighton, Journal TOCs, and the National Scientific and Technical Research Council.
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