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Scholarly and scientific knowledge generated with public funds is a common good and access to it is a universal right.
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The open, academy-owned, non-profit, non-subordinate, without charges for publication or processing, sustainable, and with responsible metrics publishing model ought to be strengthened.
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Open Access has neither future nor meaning unless research assessment systems evolve and value publication by their own merits and not by where it is published.
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Open Access consolidation demands the transition to digital scientific communication.
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Financial investment in Open Access ought to be in line with its benefit for society.
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Open Access sustainability through cooperative work schemes and a horizontal distribution to cover costs.
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Diversity of scientific journals is necessary hence pressure to homogenise them ought to be stopped.
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Journals ought to allow authors to retain their copyright and remove their embargo policies.
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Science’s social impact is the foundation of Open Access’ existence.
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The various dynamics to generate and circulate knowledge per field ought to be respected, especially, as regards Social Sciences and Humanities.