On these pages you will find information on Open Access at the University of Barcelona and initiatives in this area. We offer a guide to Open Access, information on dissemination activities, and links to information on funding for open access publishing.
You can check the state of Open Access at the University of Barcelona in our thermometer and in the observatory where we collaborate with the different catalan universities.
The information on this page focuses on the basic concepts that underpin the Open Access (OA) movement, and which are key to understanding its significance and the strategies formulated over 10 years ago in the movement’s founding declarations.
Open Access publishing: the gold route
The first way to achieve open access is to publish in an OA journal. Here you will find information on journals of this kind and funding available to publish in them.
Open Access via repositories: the green route
Open Access policies and guidelines
This section provides information on OA policies and guidelines that can affect you as a researcher, including the University of Barcelona’s institutional policy, the article on Open Access contained in the Spanish Law on Science, and European guidelines on Open Access.
Documents and events related to Open Access.
News
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