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Diamond open access: a methodology accepted by the Journal MVZ Córdoba
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Diamond open access: a methodology accepted by the Journal MVZ Córdoba
Since the appearance of the internet, the way of disseminating information has been changing, moving from printed publication to digital publication, giving rise to innovative ways of disseminating new knowledge. These innovations have also brought with them changes in the way of accessing this knowledge, going from paying for its access to having it at no cost.
In recent years there has been talk of open access to information and as a result many definitions, characteristics and use of this term have appeared according to the first Open Access (OA) initiative in Budapest in 2001. For example, “open access” we mean its free availability on the public internet, allowing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or use it for any legal purpose, without any financial, legal, or technical barriers, other than those that are inseparable of those implied by accessing the internet itself” (1,2).
Within the spectrum of OA, there are several models used today where you can find OA publications after payment of APC (article processing charge in English), this cost is assumed entirely by the authors; hybrid publications, in which open access is given by subscription and where the author has paid for it to be so, is very common in large publishers; OA publications by embargo, these are given some time after publication (the embargo is usually one year); free publications, where the authors do not assume any cost of APC, which is generally assumed by the public organizations that finance the publications (2,3).
Although when referring to the term OA it could be interpreted that what is published can be freely used, this is not really the case, since the fundamental pillar of this initiative is that the authors preserve their moral rights (these are inalienable and consist of the right to be recognized as authors of their works and is non-transferable to a third party) intact and economic rights (they are the rights that the author assigns to a publisher or publisher so that his work can be reproduced, distributed, transformed and communicated publicly) and can be maintained by the publishing entity (4,5).
As described above, there appears a legal model created by an American non-profit corporation that is inspired by the General Public License (GPL) of the Free Software Foundation “Creative Commons”, which are a series of licenses for maintain the economic rights of copying, public use, distribution, etc., for publication on the internet of the authors’ works (6). The main types of licenses currently used are listed below (7).
CC0 (public domain). Allows free distribution and use of data without restrictions or attributions.
CC-BY (attribution). It allows the use and sharing of data, modifications, and the creation of new derivatives of previously published articles after giving credits to the original authors of the article as specified by them. This is one of the most widely used license agreements for open access journals.
CC-BY NC (non-commercial attribution). It allows researchers to distribute and use data from the original source in native or altered form if it is distributed free of charge for non-commercial purposes. Any profit is prohibited.
CC-BY SA (Attribution Share-Alike). This license requires researchers to develop new products from the original research, which requires them to license the new products under terms like the original research with proper credit to the original author.
CC-BY ND (Attribution Without Derivatives). It allows users to use and distribute the original data without modification but attributing it to the original authors.
Undoubtedly, OA is a modality that contributes to the dissemination of scientific knowledge, but it should not be forgotten that the quality of the publications is influenced by the participation of academic peers (referees) who evaluate and rule on it. These qualitative evaluations together with the requirement of originality are the two essential elements that are considered by the scientific community and readers to certify, validate, and guarantee the quality of the contents of scientific or specialized journals (8).
With the emergence of databases that also contribute to the dissemination of knowledge published by magazines; Quality factors have been created that must be met according to the nature of each one of them, which allows the journals to be evaluated and allows them to be indexed. These new evaluation policies are generally related to content, form, editorial management, impact, access, accessibility, usability, conservation, internationalization, normalization, and indexing, among many more evaluation characteristics that vary according to each database. data (8), and compliance with these evaluation factors will depend on whether a journal is included within it.
The MVZ Córdoba Journal is a Diamond Open Access journal, which does not charge authors or readers, which allows a publication without barriers or embargoes and, therefore, it is a very attractive way that, in addition, allows compliance with the current requirements of the main research funding bodies
The Journal MVZ Córdoba will continue to work to disseminate quality articles, always demanding their originality and ensuring compliance with double-blind external peer review. In the same way, the quality policies of the databases (such as Latindex, RedALyC, SciELO, Scopus, WoS, etc.) will continue to be updated, seeking quality standards that allow greater international visibility of the journal and thus be in Concordance with the latest AA Diamante policies.
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Marco González Tous
Universidad de Córdoba. Editor Rev.MVZ Córdoba. Montería, Colombia., Colombia
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Luis Carlos Salgado-Arroyo
Universidad de Córdoba. Editor Asociado Rev.MVZ Córdoba. Montería, Colombia., Colombia
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Salim Mattar
Universidad de Córdoba. Coeditor Rev.MVZ Córdoba. Montería. Colombia, Colombia