Discurso e Prática em Prol do Acesso Aberto na Comunicação Científica

The article aims to investigate the degree of compatibility between the discourse in favor of Open Science and the agreements signed between the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and the publishers of scientific journals indexed in the Health Sciences. The research is exploratory and descriptive, with a qualitative-quantitative approach, and uses the CAPES Journal Portal for data collection. As methodological procedures, 11.798 journals in the Health Sciences were identified and, in order to compose the research sample, the Clinical Medicine sub-area was selected, which had the highest number of titles (1.592). In this sub-area, peer-reviewed journals were selected (1.398) and 855 (61,16%) titles with partially/fully open access and 543 (38,84%) with restricted access were identified. The data obtained shows that the CAPES Journals Portal initiative, in the field of Clinical Medicine, has been gradually adopted, with the aim of fully opening up access to journals in line with the prerogatives established by the national and international Open Access movement. Finally, there is a high degree of compatibility between CAPES' commitment, which encompasses the notion of a democratic ecosystem for scientific communication, discourse and practices in favor of Citizen Science, and adherence to the Open Science movement.