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Publish in Open Access

The Information and Documentation Service of UPdigital, in line with the Policy on Open Access to Scientific Publications arising from FCT-funded R&D Projects, supports users during the publication of Open Access scientific articles.

U.Porto Protocols

The University of Porto establishes protocols with publishers to obtain more favorable conditions for open access publication, so that authors with affiliation with the institution can benefit from discounts on APCs (Article Processing Charge) and exemption from publication charges.

Protocolos
Publishers Discounts APCs Detail information

CUP (Cambridge University Press)

No limit

OA Publication: step by step

MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

10% discount

http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap

B-on Protocols

Within the b-on (Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online – Online Knowledge Library) consortium, better conditions were negotiated for open access publications for authors affiliated to one of the institutions belonging to the consortium, such as: embargo periods, discounts on APCs (Article Processing Charge) and exemption from publication charges in several publishers.

Protocolos B-on
Publishers Hybrid Journals GOA Journals Detail information

ACM (ACM Digital Library)

No limit

No limit

https://www.b-on.pt/acm

ACS (American Chemical Society)

View quota

n.a.

https://www.b-on.pt/acs

AIP (AIP Publishing)

View quota

n.a.

https://www.b-on.pt/aip

Annual Reviews

No limit

No limit

https://www.b-on.pt/reviews

Elsevier

View quota

n.a.

https://www.b-on.pt/elsevier

IEEE

View quota

n.a.

https://www.b-on.pt/ieee

IOP (IOP Publishing)

No limit

No limit

https://www.b-on.pt/iop

RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry)

View quota

n.a.

https://www.b-on.pt/rsc

Sage

No limit

-20% in APC

https://www.b-on.pt/sage

Springer

View quota

n.a.

https://www.b-on.pt/springer

Taylor & Francis

View quota

n.a.

https://www.b-on.pt/taylor

Wiley

View quota

n.a.

https://www.b-on.pt/wiley

Questions related to the assignment of DOIs should be sent to the Documentation and Information Management Unit of UPdigital. [[email protected]].