University of Barcelona funding for Open Access publishing
This year the Vice-rectorate for Research Promotion makes available to the community of the University of Barcelona a new call for grants to publish in open access scientific journals, framed in the policy for supporting the free dissemination of knowledge. The budget for this call is 120.000 euros.
The Gold route implies publishing in journals that do not establish any barriers to content and use copyright to permit reuse, generally under the terms of a licence, provided the integrity of published work is maintained and authorship is properly attributed. the transition to Open Access has been slower, though the number of OA journals is growing each year, and some leading publications are gaining greater prestige.
By Open Access, we mean the free availability of literature on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, […] or use material for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers […] (Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002)
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.
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