Brazilian Reproducibility Network signs the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information

The Brazilian Reproducibility Network (BrRN) has just signed the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, reinforcing its commitment to open science and to transforming research assessment practices in Brazil

The commitments of the Barcelona Declaration.

What is the Barcelona Declaration?

Launched in 2024, the Barcelona Declaration is an international initiative that proposes a change in the way scientific research information is produced, accessed, and used. Starting from the recognition that much of the research information used to evaluate researchers and institutions, allocate resources, and monitor scientific progress is locked inside proprietary infrastructures, the Barcelona Declaration calls for openness in research information to become the new norm and for research information to be made available through open scholarly infrastructures.

Signatories of the Barcelona Declaration commit to making openness the default for the research information they use and produce. This includes working with services and systems based on open information, supporting the sustainability of open infrastructures, and taking collective action to accelerate this transition.

Open research information enables, for example, science policy decisions to be made on the basis of transparent and accessible evidence, and ensures that information used in evaluations can be scrutinized by all those involved.

BrRN's commitments

The BrRN's signing of the Barcelona Declaration is one more step in the Network's commitment to promoting open and reproducible science in Brazil. The first actions arising from this commitment will focus on raising awareness among key stakeholders in the Brazilian scientific community through activism initiatives and on further encouraging the adoption of open tools and infrastructures in the metascience projects developed and supported within the Network.

Who else has signed?

By signing the Barcelona Declaration, the BrRN joins a diverse community of universities, research centers, funding agencies, and other organizations from 34 countries.

In Brazil and Latin America, the BrRN now shares this commitment with institutions such as the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict), the Federal University of Goiás, the Federal Fluminense University, the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico), the Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia), the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), La Referencia, Redalyc, Latindex, and the GO FAIR Brazil Health.

Internationally, notable signatories include CERN and other reproducibility networks, such as the URKN, the NLRN, and the SwissRN.

Learn more about the Barcelona Declaration at: https://barcelona-declaration.org/