El acceso abierto y la división entre ciencia “principal” y “periférica”

Resumen

The author, one of the advocates of \nopen access, stresses the importance of \nthis initiative for scientific development \nin general. He also explains its utility \nto correct inequalities and injustices \nthat implies the existence of a barrier to \nknowledge between poor countries and \nthe developed ones. He introduces the \ndebate on the issue of scientific authority and its modalities. Open access to \nscientific literature, he argues, will be \nable to optimize the working capacity \nof the scientists everywhere and help to \nthe development of the science.