Open access in low-income countries - open letter on equity

CABRERIZO, FRANCO M.

Nature

NLM (Medline)

Año: 2022 vol. 605

Nature Correspondenceopen-access publications (see go.nature.com/ 3jn1k6s). We call for a multilateral solution to the problem that will help the entire global community. By mid-May, the letter’s signatory list included 17 Nobel laureates and more than 30 international organizations and academies.Article-processing fees are deepening the inequalities between scientists from developed and developing countries in sharing scientific advances (see, for example, T. Ross-Hellauer Nature 603, 363; 2022). The international community must exercise multilateral governance and academic cooperation to ensure that open-access publication models promote equal opportunities for researchers worldwide. TYAN outlines some first steps towards achieving this goal, and suggests how they could be initiated by a purpose-built committee.Franco M. Cabrerizo ChascomúsInstitute of Technology (INTECH,CONICET–UNSAM), Chascomús,Argentina.fcabrerizo@intech.gov.ar