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What is Open Science?
In the article, we argue that beyond free access to scientific articles, Open Science proposes a profound cultural transformation. It means making data, methods, code, and results available for review, reuse, and validation. But it also demands a rethinking of how we evaluate, communicate, and teach science.
It is a call for transparency, collaboration, equity, and public accountability. Because if most science is publicly funded, shouldn’t its benefits also be freely accessible to society?
A More Democratic Science
We advocate that opening science is not merely a technical or editorial strategy. It is an ethical and political stance that recognizes knowledge as a common good. It challenges elitist models, paywalls, and hypercompetitive cultures, while striving to recover the social purpose of research.
As a collective, we believe this approach is essential if science is to continue playing a key role in building a more just, informed, and sustainable future.
A Collective Effort
This text was collaboratively written by the Ciencia Abierta Xalapa collective, with support from the Institute of Ecology (INECOL), the Center for Biomedical Research at Universidad Veracruzana (UV), and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this dialogue alongside colleagues Miguel Equihua Zamora, Octavio Pérez Maqueo, Agustín Fernández Eguiarte, Andrés De la Rosa Portilla, Elio Lagunes Díaz, Griselda Benítez Badillo, and Claudio Torres Nachón.