Following the principles of the Open Science Policy of the University of Porto (in Portuguese), U.Porto provides online and free access to the scientific and intellectual output of its academic community through a set of repositories. The Open Repository is of paramount importance, as it provides and promotes full access to the scientific content produced by the U.Porto community, fostering openness to society through full-text open access.
U.Porto also offers its research community various resources and support for publishing scientific articles in Open Access.