Interview with Fernanda Beigel: Latin America wants to strengthen regional science through new global open access configurations, by Germán Barata

Latin America is a cultural powerhouse comprised of nearly 40 countries, including the Caribbean, and with over 660 million inhabitants. Despite political instability and significant cuts in science and technology investment, the Latin American region shares a rich sociocultural heritage and an open access culture that aims to democratize knowledge, from non-profit university presses to scientific societies working to strengthen regional scientific output. Nearly 60% of the scientific production indexed in international databases is available in open access, much of it in Diamond status, meaning it carries no Article Processing Charge (APC) for authors.

Source: Quantitative Science Studies. MIT Press Direct

Editor: Ludo Waltman

More information: https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00235