Open Access to scientific publications refers to the access, without restrictions, to publications resulting from research projects, subject to peer review processes or validation.

1 – Agreements available via b-on:

In order to comply with the regulations regarding the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) Open Access Policy, adopted in the 5th of may 2014, and the FCT’s Sponsored Research Publications Open Access policy, applicable to grants whose application period ends after 07/02/2025, b-on has negotiated transformative agreements that allow for the publication in hybrid journals without any costs,  whose APC rates will be fully covered by the subscription costs.

The agreed conditions for open access publications under the transformative agreements which will take place during the three-year-period 2025-2027 can be consulted here https://www.b-on.pt/en/open-access/

Note: The process for the new acquisitions that will result in the upcoming agreements is not yet concluded. However some publishers  have, autonomously and voluntarily made available the Open Access workflow that allows to publish in Open Access under the conditions negotiated by b-on.

Publishers whose contracts are in effect or that allow publishing in open access under the agreed conditions by their own initiative:

ACM	ACS	AIP
Annual Reviews	Elsevier	IEEE
IOP	RSC	SAGE
Springer	Taylor & Francis	Wiley

2 – Agreements with other Publishers resulting from IST’s direct subscriptions:

MSP – Mathematical Science Publishers

From 2023, MSP has implemented the S2O model (subscribe to open) and, henceforth has made available in open access and without APC payments five of their scientific publications.

More information here: https://msp.org/publications/s2o/

EMS – European Mathematical Society

From 2023, EMS has made available under the S2O model (Subscribe to open), in open access and without APC payments, 22 of their scientific publications.

More information here:

https://ems.press/subscribe-to-open

https://ems.press/updates/2025-02-05-2025-s2o-announcement

 

 

For any further enquiry please contact: Isabel Marcos – isabel.marcos@tecnico.ulisboa.pt / ext. 1588 Helena Sousa – hsousa@tecnico.ulisboa.pt / ext. 1804