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Open Science Practices Adopted by Latin American & Caribbean Open Access Journals

Andre Appel (1) (2) (3), Ivonne Lujano ORCID (4), Sarita Albagli (1)
(1) Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
(2) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
(3) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro [Brasil] = Federal University of Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] = Université fédérale de Rio de Janeiro [Brésil]
(4) Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
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Proceedings 1
Connecting the Knowledge Commons: From Projects to Sustainable Infrastructure
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10.4000/proceedings.elpub.2018.29
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Open Science Practices Adopted by Latin American & Caribbean Open Access Journals

Andre Appel (1) (2) (3), Ivonne Lujano ORCID (4), Sarita Albagli (1)
(1) Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
(2) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
(3) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro [Brasil] = Federal University of Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] = Université fédérale de Rio de Janeiro [Brésil]
(4) Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate how Open Science (OS) values and practices have influenced open access (OA) journals publishers in Latin American and the Caribbean (LA&C) countries. Our key research question is: to what extent are these practices being adopted by LA&C journals? In order to address this question, we conducted a survey with a sample of LA&C journals listed on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) database. The results reveal that many journals are somewhat aware of or informed about most of open science practices being discussed, but just some of them have already successfully adopted those practices.
Keywords
  • [SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences
  • open science
  • open access journals
  • open access
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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