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This paper attempts to share a series of reflections on the existing conditions for the publication of scholarly articles in Colombia. In particular, we are interested in providing some elements for the debate on the policy of indexing academic journals that the Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation for Colombia (Colciencias) and its National System of Indexing and Official Approval of Specialized Journals of CT+I Colombia (Publnidex), has defined, making emphasis on the consequences of this new model of indexing, which is supported in the almost exclusive recognition of journals that are indexed by two private profitmaking companies: Thomson Reuters (Isi)™ and Scopus-Elsevier.™ [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]