Towards Open Science in Argentina: From Experiences to Public Policies

ARZA, VALERIA; FRESSOLI, MARIANO; SEBATIAN, SOL

First Monday

First Monday Editorial Group

Año: 2017 vol. 22

1396-0466

The emergence and wide diffusion of information and communications technologies created ever increasing opportunities for sharing and collaboration, which shortened geographic, disciplinary and expertise distances. There exist various technologies, tools and infrastructure that facilitate collaborative production processes in various social spheres, and scientific production is not and exception. Open science implies to produce scientific knowledge in a collaborative way, including experts and non-experts and to share the outcomes of knowledge creation processes. We identify 68 open science initiatives in Argentina using different primary and secondary sources. This paper describes those experiences in terms of goals, disciplines and openness along research stages. Building from received literature on the relation between characteristics of openness and expected benefits, we discuss some policy implications in the conclusions in order to better support openness and collaboration in science.