Sant Joan d’Alacant Declaration in defense of Open Access to scientific publications, by the group of editors of Spanish journals on health sciences (GERECS) | SciELO in Perspective

"On the other hand, manifestos have been promoted, usually driven in meetings of editors of scientific journals that proposed some recommendations for the correct development of open access to science. In Spain, we could cite the Alhambra Declaration (2010), which provided recommendations for the policies and action plan for the development of open access in southern Europe. More recent and in the Latin American scope, the Statement of the First Consortium Assembly from Ibero-America and the Caribbean (2017) was drawn up, which among its recommendations discusses the deviation of the concept of Open Access due to the growing appearance of paid journals for publication with prices sometimes abusive (APC, Article Processing Charges) with the Open Access label."