The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), through its digital services unit FCCN, and the University of Minho, signed a National Cooperation Agreement with the Redalyc Scientific Information System, which aims to boost the quality and visibility of Diamond Open Access journals.
This agreement reinforces the promotion and support of national scientific research and is particularly important, as the FCT is the first national government institution with which Redalyc has established a collaboration agreement.
The signing and implementation of this three-year protocol aims to strengthen scientific journals in Portugal, helping to create a more robust ecosystem that facilitates free and open access to scientific information, while promoting interoperability. At the same time, training and the use of advanced tools will strengthen local capabilities in editorial management and scientific publishing, raising the standards of national journals.
Some strategic actions implicit in this agreement also aim to diagnostically assess the quality of the country's scientific journals, identify areas of opportunity for strengthening publications, and prepare and publish a report on scientific production in Portugal, with indicators relevant to the academic community.
The National Cooperation Agreement has a particular impact on the work of Pub In, a project developed by FCCN and the University of Minho that aims to simplify, integrate and bring coherence to the current set of platforms used to manage the editorial cycle (submission, review, publication) of national scientific journals.
