Open Access Models, Policies and Costs

A study on Models, Policies and Costs of Open Access was published, as part of the implementation of the National Open Science Policy . This work includes a characterization of the evolution of scholarly communication and current publishing models, an analysis and comparison of open access policies, and a forecast of potential costs at the national level for accessing scientific journal articles. It concludes with a set of recommendations for the different institutions in the system, compliance with which could contribute to reducing costs and improving conditions for accessing scientific information.

This document developed by FCT is part of the National Strategy for Open Science, promoted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, and aims to be a contribution to the broad discussion on the different alternatives for Open Access to scientific publications. It is available on the FCT Open Access pages and on the Open Science page.