Open Science Policies - Open Access Policy

It is a publication in which the book, book chapter, or monograph is only accessible upon payment of a fee.

It is a period imposed by the publisher between the publication of the article and its availability in open access.

The RCAAP (Open Access Scientific Repositories of Portugal) network is a network composed of a set of repositories from institutions that are part of the project. The list of these repositories can be found here: RCAAP – Open Access Scientific Repositories of Portugal

RCAAP is a project managed and operated by FCT. RCAAP aims to increase the visibility, accessibility, and dissemination of the results of national academic and scientific research activities and to facilitate access to information on national scientific production on an open access basis.

The deposit of the book, book chapter, or monograph in an RCAAP network repository is a condition for it to remain open access if its publication is closed access, i.e., accessible only upon payment of a fee. With that deposit, the FCT Open Access Policy is fulfilled. For the deposit of books, book chapters, or monographs originally published in open access, see “Books – Golden Road question 4.”

The deposit must be made at the time of acceptance of the article for publication or, at the latest, immediately after formal publication.

Yes. The book, book chapter, or monograph may be deposited cumulatively in other repositories or other media, such as the author's personal web pages.

See “Books – Versions and Licenses” question 4.