An analysis of the discourse on the theme of open access in the annals of the Iberian EDICIC in the period from 2013 to 2017

Abstract

Objective. It was intended to analyze the concept of open access and to observe if there is any relation with the concept of access to information as an ethical supravalue; as specific objectives, a) it was sought to investigate the presence of the terms "open access" and "open data" in the events of the EDICIC and its thematic relevance for the event, and b) to divulge the analyzed concepts and highlight their importance for the scientific development. Method. It was used as research source the records of the Iberian EDICIC available in open access, that is, those occurring in the period 2013-2017. The search terms applied were "open access" and "open data", in addition to their respective ones in Spanish and Portuguese, present in the title, abstract and keywords. The corpus generated a total of 26 articles, which was later analyzed, using Discourse Analysis as a method. Results. As results, it was possible to reach a group of 09 ethical instances, identified from the authors' discourse when they talk about the concepts of Open Science and its importance for scientific development. Conclusions. Open access has brought significant changes in the dissemination of scientific research, government data and academic research. However, one can see that the main factor governing the whole movement is open access in a free, egalitarian way and guaranteeing constitutional rights, thus evoking the ethical aspect that this premise involves.

Keywords

• acesso aberto
• acesso à informação
• análise do discurso
• desenvolvimento científico
• valores éticos