Opening up science as a work: An international comparison of openness to society and openness of publication

Abstract

The last twenty years of open science advocacy and the more recent proliferation of programs and funding have shown that open science has become a veritable mantra. The term relates to a variety of initiatives and dimensions, from opening up the institutional governance of institutions to opening up access to scientific articles, research fields, data production, and so on. As mentioned in the call for proposals in this special issue, the diversity of these initiatives makes it difficult to carry out a comparative analysis.

Keywords

• openness
• openning up to society
• open access publishing
• professional group
• credibility strategies