[Towards a new equitable system of scientific publications].
Scientific publications are the most accessible manifestations of research activities and the main mission of public universities and academic communities. The publication legitimizes scientific activity, the authors and the institutions that they promote, but specialized publications have a very small impact on society, since a limited market have implications on their costs' increase and on their possible extinction. In this context, the Open Access initiative (OAI) promotes free access to the scientific knowledge. This movement supports the need for the free availability on Internet of scientific information, for the whole humanity, without restrictions. The modality of open access promotes actions such as stimulus, development and the claim for support for the free subsistence of publications with standards of quality that guarantee a healthy practice, with recognition by the scientific community. In the OAI, the role of the author's copyright should be to grant the control to the authors on the integrity of their work and the right to be adequately recognized and mentioned. It is necessary to emphasize that the OAI will reduce the phenomenon of "lost science", understood as those researches that are never published, taking advantage of the model of development of the Society of the Knowledge and the suitable use of the TICs (technologies of information and communication), to achieve the increment of productivity and the economic and social progress of the countries.
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