Frequent questions

First, we check the funder's requirements and choose the option that suits your circumstances.

Example: research funded by Horizon 2020 

The openness of the article can be guaranteed by the author:

1. by depositing their final, peer-reviewed version of an article (otherwise published in a subscription journal) in a repository, subject to the publisher's embargo. You can check the terms and conditions of each publisher for repository storage on the portal Sherpa Romeo, 
2. by publishing an article in an open access journal (APC fee, can also be free), 
3. by paying for your article to be open access in a subscription journal (APC payment).

We can help you choose a journal or publisher for open access publication: 

• with guidelines THINK CHECK SUBMIT, which highlight key facts for journal vetting, thereby highlighting the pitfalls of untrustworthy publishing practices, 
• with a list Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), where open access journals are screened.

More on open publishing >>

All are "correct"; it is up to the author to decide which licence is the most appropriate to protect his or her copyright work in the digital environment, taking into account, of course, any requirements of the funder.

Slovenian translations of Creative Commons licences >>

The open accessibility of a publication has no impact on Evaluation in SICRIS. The status of the journal, publisher or international database is taken into account. You can also check whether the journal has an impact factor (JCR IF or SNIP) or whether it is included in one of the three lists BIBLIO A, BIBLIO B, BIBLIO C.

By publishing or self-archiving in the repository, we can make the full text available also for those publications that have been published in subscription journals, i.e. the original publication is not open access. It is essential to check whether the publisher allows us to do this. Publishers' self-archiving policies can be checked at Sherpa Romeo, where you can search for a journal by title or ISSN number. It is certainly advisable to check the detailed terms and conditions with the publisher itself.

If you have published your work in Gold or Diamond Open Access, you can share your work without restriction, Of course, you must comply with the terms of the Creative Commons licence you have been granted, and you must cite the original work and, in the case of the 4.0 version of the CC licence, indicate the changes you have made. However, if you have published your work traditionally or in a hybrid journal, you should check whether the publisher allows sharing. You can find information on, for example Sherpa Romeo, where you can search for a journal by title or ISSN number. Very useful information on sharing publications and various dedicated tools is available at portal How can I share it. In any case, it is best to check the policy in unclear cases. from the publisher itself.

The Article Processing Charge (APC) is the cost that an author or an institution has to pay to publish in open access. Usually, everything related to the payment is handled by the submitting corresponding author, who works with the publisher on behalf of all the authors of the work to submit, review and publish the article.  

Similarly, the terms Book Processing Charge (BPC) for the publication costs of monographs and the Chapter/Book Chapter Processing Charge (CPC/BCPC) for the cost of publishing a chapter in a book.

FAIR - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable the data must be accompanied by metadata that enables findability, accessibility, interoperability and reuse. This is helped by a data management plan (DMP - Data Management Plan). Research data does not have to be published in open access, but the principle of "as open as possible, as closed as necessary" applies.