Professor Sigmar de Mello Rode
Standing for election to Ordinary Council Member
Board Member- President
ABEC Brasil
In a globalized world, EASE must count on the participation of different regions and cultures to meet the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
In the DOAJ database, which contains only open access journals, Latin America accounts for more than 60% of the publications. The region has a globally recognized regional research information infrastructure, and authors publish a significant proportion of their work in journals that are indexed by local indexing databases, and not necessarily by the main global bibliographic databases.
Having a representative from Latin America on the EASE Council will ensure better communication with this region, multilingualism and a better understanding of the specific needs for targeted programs (webinars, lectures, etc.), dissemination of EASE’s various activities and, with this, attract new members and participants from the events. It will also be easier to establish collaborative partnerships with the community of journal editors of the region, managers and entities related to the scientific publishing process, practicing open science, including open access, always adopting high ethical standards with quality and integrity in scientific publication.
The EASE Brazilian Chapter will play a fundamental role in this process, providing networking, learning opportunities and increased access to training. I am pleased to stand for election to the EASE Council.