Resumo A democratização no acesso à ciência almejada com o Acesso Aberto vem acompanhada do pagamento de Article Processing Charges. Em um contexto de escassez de recursos financeiros, “pagar para publicar” se torna um desafio para países em desenvolvimento como o Brasil. Dada a inexistência de uma política sobre financiamento dessa despesa para as agências de fomento brasileiras e a proliferação de acordos transformativos ao redor do mundo, este artigo apresenta diretrizes para implantar acordos Read and Publish na Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, a partir da análise dos acordos firmados na Alemanha e Colômbia. Entre as diretrizes propostas, sugere-se que os acordos alcancem periódicos de Acesso Aberto e híbridos, considerem o histórico de publicações dos programas de pós-graduação para distribuição de recursos com vistas a financiar Article Processing Charges e funcionem como uma política de qualificação que auxilie os pesquisadores brasileiros a publicar em revistas de alto impacto.

Abstract The democratization of access to science sought with Open Access is accompanied by the payment of Article Processing Charges. In a context of scarce financial resources, “pay to publish” becomes a challenge for developing countries like Brazil. Given the lack of a policy on financing the charges for Brazilian funding agencies and the proliferation of transformative agreements around the world, this article presents guidelines for implementing Read and Publish agreements at Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, based on the analysis of agreements signed in Germany and Colombia. Among the proposed guidelines, it is suggested that the agreements cover Open Access and hybrid journals, consider the publication history of postgraduate programs for the distribution of resources aiming to finance Article Processing Charges and function as a qualification policy that helps Brazilian researchers to publish in high impact journals.

Abstract The expansion of open access publications has been correlated with specific government policies in many countries. The evolution in these cases is understandable within the framework of funding regulations. However, this is not the case for Brazil, where no regulation is currently in place. The unusually high percentage of open access publications in the Brazilian scientific community is analyzed here toward understanding which factors influence this growth and how similar effects may also impact other countries, particularly developing nations. We found that from 2012 to 2019 the Brazilian scientific community drifted to international open access journals. This transition is discussed in the framework of mega journals.