ACCESSIBILITY AND INFORMATION JUSTICE IN OPEN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Keywords:
digital accessibility, informational justice, scientific journalsAbstract
This work aims to analyze the accessibility practices of editorial policies present in scientific journals, in order to understand the journals' position regarding accessibility, guided by the principles of Information Justice, in the context of Open Science. In its theoretical framework, the article is structured in two parts: the conceptualization of accessibility and Information Justice; and the presentation of accessibility guidelines for scientific journals. The study uses documentary research with a qualitative approach, conducting a survey in the Directory of Brazilian Electronic Scientific Journals (Miguilim) of the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict), regarding journals with the Open Science practices seal that were available for consultation. The results show that, of the 60 journals whose editorial policies were analyzed, 43 did not make any mention of digital accessibility, and 17 had some statement, guidance, or recommendation related to the topic, mostly pointing to the principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA), which are closely related to the principles of informational justice.