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 UPC (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) and the UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya).

 What is Open Access?

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 Acces publishing 

 Open Access via repositories: the green route

 Check the policy of your journal 

 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.

 Dissemination of Open Access

Documents and events related to Open Access.

 News

  Open Access Week 2018  

  Open Access Week

 "Christmas is over. Research funding should go to research, not to publishers! LERU statement calling on universities and researchers to demand a change in scientific publishing to achieve Open Access.

 Guide for Catalan universities on fulfilling the Open Access requirements for publications established in the Spanish Law on Science and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 guidelines