The national open access initiative
RCAAP – Open Access Scientific Repositories of Portugal is the national open access initiative and aims to store, preserve, and promote access to scientific knowledge produced in Portugal. RCAAP is managed and implemented by FCCN, the digital services of the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology , with the support of the University of Minho.
Who is it intended for?
Institutions can join the RCAAP service:
- Higher education
- Research and Development
- Non-profit institutions whose main objective is Research and Development activities.
About RCAAP
RCAAP plays an important role in promoting the adoption of the movement of open access to scientific knowledge in Portugal and to increase the visibility of the results of Portuguese academic and scientific activity.
This role is materialized through numerous services, in particular the RCAAP portal and the Institutional Repository Hosting Service – SARI.
Through the RCAAP portal, you can access thousands of scientific journal articles, communications, theses, and dissertations, among other types, which are dispersed across numerous Portuguese repositories and scientific journals from national higher education institutions and other Research & Development organizations. SARI is available on a SaaS freeing institutions from the burden of managing a service of this nature and allowing them to focus on managing the scientific information produced within their institution.
Terms of Use
RCAAP is open to the participation of all institutions in the Portuguese scientific and higher education system.
The institutions currently participating in the RCAAP project, as well as their respective repositories, can be consulted through Portal directory.
