Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana

What Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana does

Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana (ACRD) is a private, non-partisan, non-profit scientific institution founded in 1974 and headquartered at Calle Las Damas 112 in the Ciudad Colonial of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Its stated mission is the knowledge, promotion, research, and dissemination of science and technology as a basis for sustainable and independent national development. The organization operates with approximately 15 staff and serves Dominican scientists, researchers, academics, students, and the general public through a portfolio of nine peer-reviewed journals spanning economics, social sciences, science and technology, law, education, legal studies, linguistics, philosophy, and environmental studies, supplemented by books, bulletins, yearbooks, and research documents made available as free downloads from its website.

ACRD's core activities include publishing academic journals and books, organizing conferences, seminars, and public lectures (including the Science and Technology Week and international seminars such as the Primer Seminario Internacional sobre Transición Ecológica), convening policy panels on national priorities such as the Valle Nuevo conservation plan and Río Ozama sanitation, and conferring formal recognition on outstanding scientists through titles including Miembro de Número, Miembro Correspondiente, and the highest distinction Laudatio Académica. The institution is governed by a Consejo Directivo and operates through commissions covering natural sciences and environment, economics, and related fields, with elected membership forming its cross-disciplinary intellectual base.

The organization's business model is non-commercial: it does not sell products or services and does not publish pricing. All publications are distributed free of charge via the academy's website, and events are open to the public. There are no funding rounds, investors, parent entities, or revenue disclosures in the source data. ACRD does not develop or sell technology products, does not maintain APIs or AI capabilities, and has no subsidiaries. Its reach is domestic (Dominican Republic), with periodic international participation through events such as the XXXI International Congress of Caribbean Archaeology (IACA) hosted in Santo Domingo.

Name

Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana

Legal name

Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana

Website

https://academiadecienciasrd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana (ACRD) is a non-profit scientific academy founded in 1974 in Santo Domingo that publishes peer-reviewed journals, hosts conferences, and confers recognition on Dominican scientists across multiple disciplines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic and Scientific Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAGAFAK

Scholarly Society & Association Publishing

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Academic & Scholarly Publishing (Journals, Monographs)

SECONDARYMPAJABAK

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

SECONDARYMPAGAGAD

Academic & Scientific Conferences

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Conventions & Conferences (Business Events)

Keywords

• Scientific publication
• Academic journal publishing
• Scholarly conference hosting
• Research dissemination
• Policy advisory research

Headquarters

HQ city

Santo Domingo

HQ country

Dominican Republic

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana (ACRD) is a private, non-partisan, non-profit scientific academy that promotes, researches, and disseminates science and technology in the Dominican Republic. Its deliverables consist of peer-reviewed academic journals (including Revista Dominicana de Economía, Revista Sociales, Revista Ciencias y Tecnología, Revista de Derecho, Revista de Educación, Revista Jurídica, Revista Lingüística, Revista Sophia, and Revista Verdor), books, periodic bulletins, anuarios, research studies, and conferences and seminars aimed at scientists, academics, students, and the general public.

Product overview

Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana (ACRD) is a private, non-partisan, non-profit scientific institution with 34 years of existence dedicated to knowledge, promotion, research, and dissemination of science and technology in the Dominican Republic. The institution operates as a unified platform for scientific publishing and research, offering multiple peer-reviewed journals (Revista Dominicana de Economía, Revista Sociales, Revista Ciencias y Tecnología, Revista de Derecho, Revista de Educación, Revista Jurídica, Revista Lingüística, Revista Sophia, Revista Verdor), published books and documents, periodic bulletins and annals, completed research studies, and organizes seminars, conferences, and congresses including the Science and Technology Week and International Research Congress. The portfolio consists entirely of publications and scholarly events—no technology product offerings are present.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Revista Dominicana de Economía

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Venezuelan Academy of Sciences (Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales de Venezuela): Venezuela's national scientific academy publishes a peer-reviewed bulletin and confers member distinctions, performing analogous scholarly society functions to ACRD within a comparable Latin American national context.
• Cuban Academy of Sciences (Academia de Ciencias de Cuba): Cuba's national academy of sciences, the closest geographic and functional peer to ACRD, performing scholarly publishing, member recognition, and science policy advisory functions within the Caribbean region.
• Mexican Academy of Sciences (Academia Mexicana de Ciencias): Mexico's national scientific academy, performing the same scholarly society functions as ACRD: peer-reviewed journal publication across multiple disciplines, member investiture, science policy advice, and convening scientific events. Directly comparable in structure and mission.
• Puerto Rico Academy of Arts and Sciences (Academia de Artes y Ciencias de Puerto Rico): Caribbean-region scholarly society that publishes journals and confers member distinctions. Comparable to ACRD as a Spanish-language Caribbean scientific society with similar scope and member-recognition mission.
• Brazilian Academy of Sciences (Academia Brasileira de Ciências): National scientific academy in Brazil that similarly publishes peer-reviewed journals, confers member distinctions, and advises government on science policy. Directly comparable as a Latin American national academy performing the same publishing, recognition, and advisory functions as ACRD.
• Colombian Academy of Sciences (Academia Colombiana de Ciencias): Colombia's national scientific academy publishing the Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias and conducting similar scientific recognition, publication, and policy advisory functions as ACRD in a comparable Latin American context.

Regional players

• Caribbean Academy of Sciences: Regional Caribbean scientific academy that coordinates cross-island scientific activity and could overlap with ACRD's regional convening role. Comparable as a Caribbean-region scholarly society but operating at a multi-country level rather than national.

Broad incumbents

• National Academy of Sciences of the United States: The preeminent U.S. scientific academy performing scholarly publishing (PNAS), member election, and policy advisory functions at vastly greater scale. Comparable to ACRD in core functions (scholarly society, journal publication, recognition, policy advice) but operates globally and with vastly larger resources.
• The Royal Society (UK): Historic UK national scientific society publishing journals (Philosophical Transactions, Proceedings), electing fellows, and advising government. Comparable to ACRD in scholarly society model but at much greater scale, longevity, and global recognition.

Others

• TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences): International academy focused on advancing science in developing countries, including Latin America and the Caribbean. Comparable to ACRD in mission around science-for-development but operates at a supranational level as an enabling/umbrella body rather than a competing national society.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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