Open science
Both the concept of open science and the practical open access to scientific content are becoming increasingly important in the context of global and local science policy. Many top research institutions, universities, and research funders have implemented open access policies to make scientific content more accessible to the public. The scientific community acknowledges and actively endorses discounting the following benefits from the introduction of the open access model: promoting science in society, improving the quality of scientific research (through scrutiny by the scientific community), enhancing the circulation of digital scientific content, especially publications and research data, and increasing the efficiency of public fund allocation.
Open access at Poznań University of Economics and Business
Poznan University of Economics and Business aligns with global trends in open science by effectively enhancing the accessibility of research results to all stakeholders. In 2022, PUEB implemented an Open Access Policy for scientific publications by PUEB employees and doctoral students, as well as individuals involved in research and development at PUEB. According to the approach proposed there, authors seek to provide open access to publications by:
1) publishing in peer-reviewed open access scientific journals and books;
2) ploading the electronic form of the publication to the UEP Knowledge Base, ideally in its final published version, or if not possible, in accordance with the publisher’s policy.
Authors at the University of Economics and Business in Poznań work to make their works available to the public, following the publisher’s policy or contract, so that they can be accessed by anyone at any time and place, with the freedom for unlimited use.
In addition, in order to harmonize open access activities, the PUEB’s Rector appointed an Open Access Officer in 2023.
Open access in practice
-
PUEB repository of research results
collection of PUEB research results in RepOd repository -
Instruction of uploading research data
“step-by-step” instruction provided by the administrators of PUEB research results collection -
PUEB knowledge base
with information on publications, doctoral theses, patents and research data -
PUEB Publishing House’s website
with open access books and other content -
PUEB Library’s website
providing not only information on the Library collection, but also detailed information on Open Access -
Research Office’s website Strona DBN: a researcher’s know-how
including basic information in PUEB research activity -
RID materials
with information on how to publish in the open access based on the guidelines of the National Centre for Science Education -
National Centre’s for Science Education materials
including information on open access -
Journal Checker Tool
a tool for testing journals’ compliance with the Plan S requirements -
Repository of publications
a data base with research and educational publications of PUEB staff
Work is currently in progress to create a research data repository that will grant access to the data used in the research.
Open access provides authors with a variety of benefits, mainly:
- enhancing the author’s recognisability,
- increasing visibility of scientific content,
- enhancing the citation level of papers,
- meeting grant obligations,
- facilitating contacts and cooperation with other researchers and research centres.
Information materials
Contact
Rector’s Representative for Open Access
dr hab. Dawid Szutowski, prof. UEP
email: otwarty.dostep@ue.poznan.pl
