Catalan Journals in Open Access (RACO)

RACO is the cooperative repostory for open access consultation of full-text articles of Catalan scientific, cultural and scholarly journals. RACO incrases the visibility of these journals, it helps the dissemination of research and academic production, and promotes publishing professionalism. 

RACO works with the Open Journal Systems (OJS) software, a highly flexible solution for managing and publishing online academic jorunals. The OJS constributes to improving the quality and rigor of publications by improving indexing and transparency when publishing. 

The benefits of RACO

• Promoting the electronic edition of Catalan journals.
• All journals can be consulted jointly. 
• RACO facilitates tools for the preservation of journals. 

Criteria for including magazins into RACO

Journals that are included into RACO must meet the following requirements, which are reviewd by the editorial committee:

• To have a summary.
• Articles must be signed and have more than 3/4 pages. 
• To be published by a scientific, cultural and/or scholarly Catalan institution, or to be published in Catalan or related to the Catalan culture. 

Choose your RACO

RACO is offered in three different modalities: basic, advanced or professional. Compare them and choose the one that best suits your needs! Check the document "RACO. Compare the modalities".