Ethical considerations on the relationship between Open Access and scientific quality in Engineering

EasyChair Preprint 3647

Abstract

Following the methodological proposal of Applied Ethics called critical hermeneutics (Adela Cortina in 1996), the present text affirms that the solid promotion of the new communicational model of science, called Open Access, depends fundamentally on whether its contribution to the production of scientific knowledge. The primary reason for this approach is as follows: the good that is sought to be offered to society through science must basically be given in epistemological terms; and its communication, which is inherent to scientific activity, must satisfy quality criteria, which, in the specific case of article publications, generally validate the adjustment of research to the methodical procedure sanctioned by the community of scientists. Next, the article explores what is meant by scientific quality; how it is controlled is described; the link with the publications of the Engineers; and, finally, it is argued that a peculiar relationship between Open Access and scientific quality highlights the ethical status of this new way of communicating science.

Keyphrases: Ingeniería, acceso abierto, calidad científica, ética

@booklet{EasyChair:3647,
  author    = {Miguel Castañeda and Jose Texier and Analia Mercado},
  title     = {Ethical considerations on the relationship between Open Access and scientific quality in Engineering},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3647},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}