The Open Science Support Centre offers the following services for Charles University academics:

• Central methodological support in the area of open access

  • Assistance with choosing an appropriate open access journal (gold open access)

  • Assistance with depositing published articles into open repositories (green open access)

  • Assistance with identifying possible predatory journals, publishers or conferences

  • Consultation on the options of financing open access fees (available discounts, eligibility of costs in projects)

• Central methodological support in the area of research data

  • Assistance with creating a Data Management Plan

  • Assistance with choosing an appropriate data repository

• Legal counselling in the area of open access and research data management (e.g., assistance with choosing an appropriate license when publishing an article, assistance with license agreement interpretation, consultation on using third-party data while managing research data)

• Consultations on the fulfilment of open science related requirements set by research funders

• Individual or group training sessions in areas of open science (primarily open access and research data)