A scientific article is openly available when it is available free of charge, without barriers to intellectual property and permanently on the Internet.
There are currently different types of open access:
A scientific article is openly available when it is available free of charge, without barriers to intellectual property and permanently on the Internet.
There are currently different types of open access:
Open Access facilitates free access to scientific or academic production, without economic barriers or restrictions arising from intellectual property rights. It encompasses scientific articles, research data, learning objects, and academic work in general.
La Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002) understands for open access articles with free availability in the network, allowing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or use for any legal purpose, without any means of economic, legal or technical barrier.
Other declarations and initiatives on open access:
The fact that an article or academic paper can be consulted free of charge on the web does not mean that it can be used without any restrictions. The work can only be used in accordance with the Intellectual Property Law (private copies, right of summons, ...), but no other use can be made without the authorization of the author or owner of the exploitation rights.
However, a free access article has a license assigned Creative Commons which indicates under what conditions it can be used.
To achieve open access to scientific communication, 2 ways are promoted:
The green route or self-archiving in a tank
Self-archive articles in institutional repositories such as UPCommons or in thematic deposits like ArXiv to make them accessible on the net and to be able to reuse them. It is necessary to always respect the conditions established by the magazine where the article is published, basically:
If not, consult editorial policies and auto-editing conditions of each publisher to find out what uses permit their publications.
The golden path or the open access magazines
These journals ensure open access to articles they publish without charging subscription for access. The publication costs are covered by the authors or institutions to which they belong. Make sure the cost of publishing can be attributed to a research project. Check the directories of open access journals or publishers to publish on open.
La UPC supports open access with the institutional repository UPCommons and the regulations approved by the Governing Council:
The PDI must deposit from DRAC a copy of article a UPCommons as soon as possible and, in no case, later than the period established by calendar of PAR points current
If the article is published as part of a research project, the open access policy of:
In the process of publishing an article:
When the article has been published in the magazine:
When submitting project tracking reports:
Auto-editing conditions of the main publishers:
The following directories summarize the uses allowed in each journal when it comes to self-archiving.
Here you will find a list of the main publishers that publish magazines totally in open access and the orientative prices to publish the articles. The price may vary according to the title of the magazine:
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Elsevier
Emerald
IEEE
Nature Publishing Group
OmniaScience
Springer
Wiley
The authors or their institutions pay a fee for their articles to be published on the open, the rest are only available for subscribed users. This is what is called the hybrid model.
Some publishers like IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) have a closed list of magazines with this option. Others, like the Royal Society of Chemistry, have the option to eliminate restricted access to articles in all their magazines. Check what publishers you can publish and how much it costs.
Check them out transformative agreements and other aid to publish in open access to the UPC
In accordance with what is required in the Academic regulations of the School of Doctorate, in a thesis for a compendium of publications these must be included in a version that allows them to be published openly in public repositories.
To do this, consult the website of the journal or conference where you have published. The editorial policy indicates which version(s) (pre-print, accepted version, published version, etc.) can be included in the thesis manuscript.
Some examples of editorials:
- Articles and participation in conferences published inIEEE
- Articles published in journals ofElsevier i Springer i Springer Nature
You can consult the section Auto-editing conditions of the main commercial publishers.
In case of doubt, contact info.biblioteques@upc.edu
According to him General Model Grant Agreement (Annex 5, Article 17 - Communication, dissemination, Open Science and visibility), the research staff benefiting from a project must:
There are 3 options to meet Horizon Europe's open publishing requirement:
In all 3 cases, when the article is published it must be deposited in UPCommons.
Should only articles be published in open access?
For more information you can consult Your Guide to Open Science in Horizon Europe prepared by the European IP Helpdesk, with explanations and guidelines to comply with obligations related to open science in projects funded by Horizon Europe.
The regulations for the open publication of projects funded by the European Commission are set out in the Manual of the H2020.
You will also find information at:
OpenAire Guides for researchers:
OpenAire guides for coordinators and project managers
Following these steps also complies with the open access institutional policy of the UPC (PAR points).
The AGAUR requires that the beneficiaries of the FI Joan Oró and Beatriu de Pinós calls guarantee open access to the articles generated within the framework of the corresponding grant. Beneficiaries must deposit:
