Content analysis of institutional policies on open science

This poster suggests that open science is defined as opening research outputs in the different institutional policies. Therefore the main open science components developed in the guidelines are open access and open research data. Other open science components are only very seldomly developed.

As for the different intertextual relations of the institutional open science policies, it is evident that some references are repeated as key antecedents, and others are highly particular to each case. For example, the Brazilian institution's declaration on open science relates to the international organizations point of reference, while the other institutional policies do not mention this. This suggests a case of policy transfer up to a certain degree.

It is possible to observe that in the French case, the interest in open science is a strategic goal for the government through a top-down policy approach with laws, roadmaps, and the national plan for open science to which the different institutional open science policies are aligned.

No other open science-related documents were found for the universities in Brasil and Peru. However, it is evident there is an interest in the subject since there are activities about this issue carried out in the different research centers. Furthermore, in both cases, there are notably already several policies related to open data and open access. Rezende & Abadal (2020), Oliveira, Ribeiro & de Oliveira Santos (2021), Babini & Rovelli (2020) have done extensive work on the regulatory frameworks, open access, and open data policies analysis in the Brazilian case, while Babini & Rovelli (2020) examine policies related to open access and open research data in the Peruvian case. The absence of policies in the South American cases may indicate that even though the subject of open science is extensively discussed, it is still not materialized in action.

Finally, further research would be needed to discover the nuances in the open science policies in the different institutions, countries and regions and their evolution over time.