Key networks & Aggregators
Data repositories
Until the beginning of 2020, there were only 2 data repositories in Poland: the general the general purpose Repository for Open Data RepOD launched in 2015, and the disciplinary repository of linguistics datasets CLARIN-PL.
In 2020, new data repositories were launched by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw as part of the project "Disciplinary Open Research Data Repositories" (Dziedzinowe Repozytoria Otwartych Danych Badawczych - English information). All repositories are open for everyone to use and free of charge.
- Repository for Open Data (RepOD, Repozytorium Otwartych Danych) - a new version of the repository, a general-purpose repository for open research data, offering scholars the possibility to deposit their datasets. The purpose of the repository is to make available in the Internet research data, such as tables, photographs, audiovisual material, and any other types of data created, collected, or annotated for academic research.
- Macromolecular Xtallography Raw Data Repository (MX-RDR) - a domain-specific digital repository of raw diffraction data collected for macromolecular crystals. It includes tools simplifying metadata descriptions by combining information extracted directly from diffraction images, obtained from the PDB database and/or user input.
- Social Data Repository (RDS, Repozytorium Danych Społecznych) - a domain-specific digital repository of social data. The purpose of the repository is to make available in the Internet social data, consisting of data sets and accompanying technical or methodological documentation.
Open Forest Data - data repository designed to provide access to natural sciences data and provide scientists with an infrastructure for storing, sharing and archiving their research outcomes, it was launched within the project e-Puszcza. Podlasie nature scientific data repository by Mammal Research Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences and Bialystok University of Technology.
Bridge of Data - data repository that allows for the collecting and sharing of research data from various disciplines and in various formats, it was developed as part of the project "Bridge of Data. Multidisciplinary Open Knowledge Transfer System - stage II: Open Research Data" by the Gdańsk University of Technology.
national data repos
National publishing initiatives
There are many open journal platforms providing hosting for open access journals published by university presses and institutes, among them:
- Pressto, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań,
- Platforma Czasopism Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, University of Lodz,
- Akademicka Platforma Czasopism, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń,
- Czasopisma Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, University of Silesia in Katowice,
- Platforma e-czasopism naukowych na UMCS, Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin,
- Czasopisma UKSW, The Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw,
- Platforma Czasopism Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn,
- Platforma Czasopism Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie, The Pontifical University of John Paul II,
- Scientific Journals Online, Jagiellonian University,
- Platforma czasopism Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, University of Opole,
- Platforma czasopism KUL, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin,
- ISS PAS Journals, The Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Electronic Library, Polish Academy of Sciences
National agreements with publishers
In Poland, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education finances the purchase of country-level or consortial licenses for access to paywalled content from many major academic publishers. The task of negotiating terms of access and preparing deals is assigned to the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling (ICM), University of Warsaw. In December 2018, the Ministry noted that the purchase conditions should refer to the introduction of the Plan S and be based on international solutions and directions. ICM UW has conducted negotiations with Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Science and Clarivate. A transformative agreement with Springer has been reached („read&publish” agreement for years 2019-2021) and a similar agreement is planned with Wiley in 2020. With Elsevier there is a deal for Scopus database, SciVal tool and a completely new national license for 19 journals from Cell Press collection. Despite few rounds of negotiations Elsevier has not presented a satisfactory offer for the journals from Freedom Collection along with Lancet journals. ICM UW expressed willingness to continue negotiations that will take into account open access publishing model compliant with Plan S. For more information visit website: Wirtualna Biblioteka Nauki (in Polish only).
31.05.2019, update
A new deal with Elsevier has been reached in Poland on May 31, 2019. A three-year national license agreement enables access to 1819 journals, including 1638 current (with volumes from 1995) and 181 archival journals. The licence also covers selected book packages bought in 2015 and 2016: 1712 monographs from 2013 and 2014 and 803 volumes of book series or guide series (handbooks) from 2011-2015. The Elsevier 2019-2021 national license also includes a pilot program that gives authors affiliated with institutions submitted for a license the right to publish in open access in hybrid and gold open access Elsevier journals. The program allows the publication in three subsequent years, respectively, 500, 1000 and 1500 articles from Poland, the cost of which will be financed from the national license fee. The program will be launched in June 2019, when the detailed instructions for the authors will be published. For more information visit:https://wbn.icm.edu.pl/licencje/#elsevier (in Polish only).
12.01.2021, update
Wirtualna Biblioteka Nauki has set up a separate webpage with information on the open publishing programmes launched within the national licences: https://wbn.icm.edu.pl/publikowanie-otwarte/ (in Polish only).
OA books
Full texts of selected scientific books are available on the Library of Science, an Open Access platform that makes available metadata and full texts of articles published in Polish scientific journals as well as books. The majority of books available on the Platform were previously hosted on a separate “Open the Book” site. Additional books are added on a daily basis directly by the cooperating Publishers.
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