New ways of Communicating Science: Open Science and Open Access

Abstract

How do we tell our story? How to transmit this story for years and centuries? These are fundamental questions that allow the Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (BJCVS) to improve its content and communicate with society. Scientific communication consists of informing, educating, sharing and raising awareness about science topics. Science has changed a lot, and in recent years, important initiatives have sought to make society aware of the openness in science and what can be gained from all these changes. But after all, what is open science? And open access? And how has the BJCVS been working with all this? Well, first, what is meant about Open Science?Open science represents a new approach to the scientific process, based on collaborative work and new ways of disseminating knowledge, using information technologies and new collaboration tools [1] . The main premise of open science is to make research results accessible to the public in digital format without restriction and to extend the principles of openness to the entire research cycle, promoting sharing and collaboration as soon as possible, implying a systemic change in the way science and research are done [2] .Open science is a large umbrella that includes Open Access.