The Revista Médica del IMSS fully adheres to the principles of open science and the global movement for non-commercial open access, recognizing that scientific knowledge funded with public resources should be freely, immediately, and without restrictions available to society.

In line with the Berlin Declaration (2003), the Bethesda Statement (2003), and the Manifesto on Science as a Global Public Good (2023), our journal adopts the Diamond Open Access model, which guarantees publication with no author fees and free access for readers, thus promoting non-exclusion and non-rivalry in the circulation of knowledge.

 

Core Commitments

1. Universal right to knowledge.
   The journal considers science a global public good. Consequently, all publications are available in immediate open access, without economic or technical barriers for consultation, download, distribution, or reuse for non-commercial purposes.
2. Responsible licensing.
   Authors retain their copyrights and grant the journal the right of first publication under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. This license allows sharing for academic and non-commercial purposes, provided authorship is acknowledged and no modifications are made. The CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, in line with the Mexico Declaration, is also recommended as an alternative.
3. Recognition of non-commercial publishing venues.
   We concur with UNESCO (2021) and the Latin American open access movement that non-commercial scientific publishing venues should be recognized, evaluated, and incentivized by funders, accreditation systems, and research institutions.
4. Inclusion, equity, and multilingualism.
   Our editorial policy promotes bibliodiversity, multilingualism, regional and gender equity, and respect for traditional knowledge, in line with UNESCO’s Open Science Recommendation.
5. Digital preservation and sustainability.
   All content is stored in interoperable open access repositories that ensure long-term preservation of scientific knowledge, aligned with principles of sustainability, cooperation, and knowledge sovereignty.

 

Regional and Ethical Approach

The journal adheres to the principles adopted in the Mexico Declaration (2017), reinforcing the Latin American commitment to non-profit open access, and promoting an ethical vision that prevents the commercial appropriation of scientific content funded with public resources. We reject publication charge-based models (APC/BPC) or profit-oriented transformative agreements.

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