Open Science Training

La The Directorate for Public Knowledge Goods

It offers specialized services to strengthen the editorial, academic and technical capacities of the university community, in accordance with the principles of Open Access and Open Science.

1. Permanent training for editors, authors and editorial teams

on Open Access and Open Science issues.

2. Advice for the alignment of university publications

with quality and indexing criteria in national and international systems.

3. Guidance to prevent practices associated with predatory business

models by promoting academic integrity.

4. Training and support

in the strategic use of the main institutional platforms.

Institutional Repository (RI)

Training for the adequate deposit of academic production (articles, theses, books, chapters, data, among others).

Digital Periodical Library

Training for the management, organization and spread of scientific journals in electronic format.
Advice to strengthen the editorial quality and visibility of publications.

Practical training and specialized support in the use of key tools for editorial management

Training in journal administration using Open Journal Systems (OJS).
Implementation and advice on the use of anti-plagiarism software such as iThenticate.

Anti-plagiarism tool

The Directorate for Public Knowledge Goods offers the university community advice and access to the iThenticate tool, a software specialized in the detection of similarities in academic and scientific texts.

This service allows you to analyze documents by comparing them with a wide database of academic publications, scientific articles, books, theses and content available on the internet, generating similarity reports that facilitate the identification of textual coincidences and the correct citation of sources.

In addition to the use of the platform, guidance is provided for the interpretation of the reports and the responsible use of the tool, with the purpose of supporting reviewers, authors, editors and editorial teams in verifying the originality of manuscripts before publication.