Open Access Models, Policies, and Costs

A study on Open Access Models, Policies, and Costs (available only in Portuguese) has been published, within the framework of the implementation of the National Open Science Policy. This work includes a characterization of the evolution of academic communication and current publication models, an analysis and comparison of open access policies, and a prediction of potential costs at the national level to access articles in scientific journals. It concludes with a set of recommendations for the different institutions of the system, which may contribute to reducing costs and improving conditions of access to scientific information.

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