Slovak Open Sciece Forum 2025

Development of open access in Slovakia Jitka Dobbersteinová, CVTI SR 1. Period 2010 –2020 and open access the European Union initiatives Open Government Partnership (OGP) and its Action Plans: 2015/2016, 2017/2018, 2019/2020 The Slovak Centre Scientific and Technical Information (CVTI SR) 2015: the National Point of Reference for OA within the EC 2015: OpenAire project x Open Access Desk (NOAD) for Slovakia 2016: the Contact Office for Open Access (CVTI SR) 2018: the first official OA training accredited by the Ministry of Education of the SR weak infrastructure and institutional support 2021 the National Strategy for Open Science 2021-2028 the National Action Plan for Open Science 2021/22 NINE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES 1. Suppporting open access to publicly funded research outputs, 2. Supporting open access to research data and RDM, 3. Supporting open science infrustructure development, 4. Financial support to open science, 5. Intellectual property rights and public licences, 6. Supporting existing open IT solutions, 7. Reinforcing academic community with open science skills, 8. Reviewing research assessment criteria, 9. Supporting citizen science. https://otvorenaveda.cvtisr.sk/narodna-strategia-otvorenej-vedy 3. INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES 2021: Matej Bel University 2022: Pavol Jozef Šafárik 2024: University of SS. Cyril and Methodius 2025: the Slovak Academy of Sciences + two other universities in the process https://www.minedu.sk/otvorena-veda/ 4. OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING GREEN OA PUBLISHING GOLD OA PUBLISHING OA publishing in selected coutries in Europe Data: Web of Science, March 2025 Research publications according to the type of the access in Slovakia and selected European countries for the period 2015 - 2024 Data: Web of Science, March 2025 5. INFRASTRUCTURE Institutional repositories • Comenius University • Matej Bel University • University of Žilina •Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra  Zenodo: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University https://www.minedu.sk/otvorena-veda/ 2024 2024 –352 530 € 150 tokens 7% 4% 23% 18% 3% 17% 8% 3% 4% 4%1% 0% 5% 3% Elsevier Publikované články podľa inštitúcie (január - december 2024) Technical University of Košice Technical University of Zvolen Comenius University in Bratislava Slovak Academy of Sciences Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Trencianska University of Alexandra Dubcek in Trencin University of Žilina Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra University of Presov Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra University of Veterinery Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2024 Hybrid 48% Gold 52% Elsevier Publikované články podľa typu OA (január - december 2024) Hybrid Gold 2024 2024 –75 180 € 37 tokens 19% 32% 32% 3% 14% IEEE Publikované články podľa inštitúcie (január - december 2024) Slovak Univ. of Technology Comenius Univ. Bratislava Univ. of Zilina Pavol Josef Safarik Universtiy Technicka univerzita v Kosiciach 2024 2% 89% 3%3%3% IEEE Publikované články podľa časopisu (január - december 2024) IEEE Sensors Letters IEEE Access IEEE Magnetics Letter IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology 2024 Transformative agreements - OVID NEW 6 tokens/year -Lekárska fakulta Univerzity Komenského - Jeseniova lekárska fakulta UK v Martine -Lekárska fakulta UPJŠ v Košiciach https://eiz.cvtisr.sk/ CHALLENGES NINE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES 1. Suppporting open access to publicly funded research outputs, 2. Supporting open access to research data and RDM, 3. Supporting open science infrustructure development, 4. Financial support to open science, 5. Intellectual property rights and public licences, 6. Supporting to existing open IT solutions, 7. Reinforcing academic community with open science skills, 8. Reviewing research assessment criteria, 9. Supporting citizen science. Future The national project „the Ecosystem of open science: open access publishing without barriers“ Activity 1: The analysis of open science in Slovakia Activity 2: Financial support for OA publishing Activity 3: OA monitor –track and monitor open science progress in Slovakia Activity 4: Education platform for e-learning (open education)