Il cerchio si allarga intorno al mondo: open access contro la pandemia

Castellucci, Paola and Barillari, Caterina Il cerchio si allarga intorno al mondo: open access contro la pandemia. AIB studi, 2020, vol. 60, n. 1. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

The article describes some meaningful initiatives brought about in the latest months aiming at sharing open access resources to support research dissemination and to speed up the discovery of a treatment. This is not about a ‘task force’ created on the spur of the Covid crisis: the reliability of the open access model was built in 30 years’ continued engagement. Open access scholarly communication happens in real time, shared at global level, transparent, trustworthy. On these qualities is based the hope for an answer to the pandemic. At the same time, these characteristics will foster knowledge sharing when the emergency is over. Making resources available on open access on the web should not be limited to the current crisis, but should be the very pivot of open science. In addition, the article describes a real case: medRxiv, the first biomedical repository based on preprints, launched in 2019 and now on the front line for an effective treatment.

Italian abstract

Nell’articolo vengono descritte alcune significative iniziative realizzate in questi mesi e volte a diffondere risorse open access per disseminare la ricerca e velocizzare la cura. Non si tratta di una task force messa in piedi d’urgenza per l’emergenza Covid, semmai l’affidabilità del modello OA è stata costruita nel tempo, in 30 anni. La scholarly communication in modalità OA è in tempo reale, trasparente, condivisa a livello mondiale, responsabile. Sono queste le qualità su cui fondare la speranza di una risoluzione rapida della pandemia. Inoltre, la diffusione del coronavirus a livello mondiale ha imposto una profonda riflessione sulle attuali modalità di condivisione della conoscenza. Viene analizzato in tal senso il caso di medRxiv, il primo repository di ambito biomedico basato su preprint, lanciato nel 2019.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	open access; repository; coronavirus
Subjects:	E. Publishing and legal issues. > ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft, open access. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HS. Repositories.
Date deposited:	21 Aug 2026 06:18
Last modified:	27 Aug 2026 04:33
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/48230

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