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novembre 2026 |
New virtual modality of the Open Science course for doctoral students
Are you preparing to deposit your thesis? Remember that completing Open Science training is one of the requirements set by the Doctoral School. To make it easier for you to meet this requirement, from 16 November the course will be offered in a 100% virtual format.
What are the advantages of this new format?
- Maximum flexibility: you will have 1 month from your enrolment to organise yourself and complete the course at your own pace at any time during the academic year.
- No fixed schedules: access the content and materials whenever and wherever you want.
You will find all the information about the enrolment calendar and course access at Bibliotècnica and at the ICE.
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Research Café: Free and open source software
You are invited to the next Research Café on Free and Open-Source Software
Date: 19 November 2026
Time: 10:30 to 13:15 h.
Venue: Professor Pedro Vicente del Fraile Multimedia Room. Building B3, Campus Nord
Organised by: Rector Gabriel Ferraté Library
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Free and open-source software democratises access to technology, fosters collaborative innovation, helps users retain control over their digital tools and ensures technological independence.
In this Research Café, the legal foundations of free software, the value of open data and the creation of practical solutions using open-source code will be explored. In addition, the day-to-day life of free software communities will be analysed. The work of the UPC Chair in Free Software will also be presented, alongside other innovative projects introduced by their developers.
- Josep-Ramon Herrero - UPC Chair in Free Software. Free software licences
- Marc Alier - LAMB Project, scratching where it itches with open source
- Jaume Figueras - The importance of free data and its accessibility. The OpenStreetMap experience
- Àlex Muntada - Life in free software communities
More information about Research Cafés
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Workshops for doctoral students (November-December '26)
'Your doctoral thesis':
Make the most of them, they're for you!
| Date | Time | Campus | Workshop | Language | Places |
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| 12/11/2026 | 12-14 h | Online | ICE Workshop 3: Reference management software | English | 40 |
| 12/11/2026 | 15-17 h | Online | ICE Workshop 3: Reference management software | Cat/Span | 40 |
| 16/11/2026 | 10-12 h | Baix Llobregat | ICE Workshop 2: Data Management Plan (DMP) | Cat/Span | 25 |
| 16/11/2026 | Flexible | Asynchronous online | ICE Workshop 7: Open Science (virtual edition) | Catalan | |
| 18/11/2026 | 12-14 h | Online | ICE Workshop 4: Scientific publishing | Cat/Span | 40 |
| 27/11/2026 | 12-14 h | Online | ICE Workshop 5: Visibility and impact indicators | Cat/Span | 40 |
| 01/12/2026 | 11-13 h | Campus Nord | ICE Workshop 8: DRAC for doctoral students | Cat/Span | 30 |
| 02/12/2026 | 15-17 h | Online | ICE Workshop 5: Visibility and impact indicators | English | 40 |
| 09/12/2026 | 10-12 h | Campus Sud | ICE Workshop 6: Writing and preparing your manuscript | Cat/Span | 40 |
| 11/12/2026 | 11-13 h | Vilanova | ICE Workshop 5: Visibility and impact indicators | Cat/Span | 20 |
| 16/12/2026 | 12-14 h | Campus Besòs | ICE Workshop 6: Writing and preparing your manuscript | English | 40 |
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The use of artificial intelligence tools in the preparation of the doctoral thesis
The UPC has approved the amendment to the Academic Regulations for doctoral studies (Agreement CG/2026/05/32), which introduces new provisions to ensure transparency and academic integrity in research.
One of the main new developments is the requirement to formally declare the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, particularly at these two key moments:
- Declaration in the research plan:
Before the end of the first year of doctoral studies, when preparing your research plan, you must include an explicit declaration regarding the intended use of artificial intelligence tools. If you use them, you must specify their scope and purpose.
- Declaration in the final doctoral thesis document:
When drafting the thesis, an explicit declaration regarding the use of AI tools made during its preparation must be included, detailing their scope and objective.
Recommendations for the preparation and publication of doctoral theses
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UPC research staff with highly cited articles
This report, produced annually by the UPC Libraries, Publications and Archives Service, presents the research staff with highly cited papers during the period 2015-2025.
To compile it, Essential Science Indicators (ESI) from Web of Science was used. Out of the 22 scientific fields in the database, 160 highly cited papers with UPC authorship were found across 19 fields, with a total of 143 UPC researchers.
Among the research staff with highly cited papers, Hamidreza Marateb (10 papers), Jordi Llorca Piqué (8 papers) and José Manuel Guerrero Cruz (7 papers) stand out.
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The Royal Society: grants for open publishing at the UPC
Taking advantage of the UPC's affiliation with The Royal Society is an excellent opportunity to publish your research in open access. This publisher of international prestige is a benchmark in fields such as mathematics, physics, biology, engineering and earth sciences. All of its journals are indexed in Journal Citation Reports, most in Q1 of their categories; publishing in open access with them will immediately increase the visibility and impact of your articles, as well as easily meeting the open science requirements of funded projects.
To benefit from this support, you only need to meet the following key conditions and requirements:
- 25% discount for publishing open-access articles in journals published by The Royal Society. The invoice with the discount applied is paid using a budget (project, unit or group) managed by the UPC.
- UPC affiliation must be proven using your institutional email address and the UPC's Ringgold ID, which is: 16767
- List of titles to publish in.
- Publisher contact address for authors: oam@royalsociety.org
Benefits of publishing in open access with The Royal Society
Other grants and transformative agreements
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Registering clinical trials at ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov is a free, public database managed by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM / NIH) that functions as a global registry of clinical trials and medical studies in humans.
Its main functions are:
- Search for trials for patients: allows you to find active clinical studies for specific diseases and learn about their eligibility criteria or how to participate.
- Ensure scientific transparency: registers the objective, design and protocol of medical studies worldwide before recruitment begins to avoid publication bias.
- Check results: includes summary results and adverse effects of many completed trials, regardless of whether they have been published in medical journals or not.
Contact us if you are interested in registering your clinical studies with ClinicalTrials.gov.
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New phase for Open Research Europe (ORE)
The European Commission's open-access publishing platform, Open Research Europe (ORE), has entered a new phase as of 2 November 2026.
In addition to researchers involved in European projects, staff from institutions in 11 countries (including Spain) are now also included. Management of the platform has been taken over by CERN and it continues to offer transparent, open-access publishing completely free of charge (no APC fees).
What does it offer doctoral students?
- Free and transparent publishing: immediate open access with open, post-publication peer review.
- Greater impact: a simple way to disseminate publicly funded research following the open science model.
CERN has organised an online information session with free registration covering the following topics:
- Who is currently eligible
- Why you should choose ORE
- What types of results are accepted
- How the submission process works
- What ORE's transparent peer-review process consists of
Registration: Open and free
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