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From the set of activities/services developed within the scope of RCAAP, the following stand out:

RCAAP Portal – The RCAAP Portal is the central component of the Portuguese Open Access Scientific Repository project. It serves as a single point for research, discovery, location, and access to thousands of scientific and academic documents, including journal articles, conference papers, theses, and dissertations, distributed across the network's repositories, both national and Brazilian.

Project website – concentrates all relevant information related to the RCAAP project

Luso-Brazilian Directory – The directory service aims to provide, in a single location, a complete and exhaustive list of Open Access repositories and scientific journals available in Portugal and Brazil.

Scientific journal hosting service – SARC – Scientific Journal Hosting Service – was created to develop the online publishing of scientific journals in Portugal, facilitating journal management and supporting best practices. The service is based on the OJS – Open Journal System publishing and management platform, an open-source system with a large user community and a strong impact on the open access field. See the journals hosted on the service at: http://revistas.rcaap.pt

Scientific Data The Scientific Data Repository Hosting Service (SARDC) aims to provide a platform for free access to data created and used in the research work of national institutions. The service is available at: http://dados.rcaap.pt.

Additionally, RCAAP carries out, develops, and executes activities in the areas of promoting the open access movement, providing support services (especially to repository managers), developing standards, and defining procedures. Learn more about RCAAP services at project web page.

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