Open Science Center

Open Science Center

The Open Science Center of the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) was established on January 1st, 2026 within the CTU Central Library as a central methodological hub for Open Science. The Center provides systematic support to the CTU academic community in all key areas of Open Science.

The Center was founded within the project: OP JAK Research Environment: Strategic Development of the Research Environment at CTU in Prague, specifically as part of Key Activity 8: Strategic Development and Advancement of Open Science at CTU.

What we do

The Center offers expert methodological support, consultations, training, and educational activities in the following areas:

  • Open Access publishing
  • Creative Commons licensing
  • Article Processing Charges (APCs) and OA funding opportunities, CTU transformative agreements
  • Research Data Management (RDM) and the application of FAIR principles
  • Persistent identifiers for Open Science, especially ORCID and DOI at CTU
  • Support for editorial teams of scholarly journals in Open Access publishing

Our services

We provide customized consultations, seminars, and training for the CTU academic community.

Open Access publishing support

Research data management support

  • Help on the application of FAIR principles – How to make my research data FAIR?
  • Support with data repositories

Support for scholarly journals at CTU

Support for scholarly journals at CTU

  • Implementation of Open Access publishing standards, specifically Diamond Open Access standards
  • Implementation and use of persistent identifiers (DOI, ORCID)
  • Software support for Open Access publishing (OJS platform)

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Last change: 13.02.2026