diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/CollectorWorker.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/CollectorWorker.java
index 2ea3f35ccb..03f592169c 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/CollectorWorker.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/CollectorWorker.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.collection.plugin.fileGZip.FileGZipCollectorPlugin;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IntWritable;
@@ -114,6 +115,8 @@ public class CollectorWorker extends ReportingJob {
 				return new OaiCollectorPlugin(clientParams);
 			case rest_json2xml:
 				return new RestCollectorPlugin(clientParams);
+			case fileGZip:
+				return new FileGZipCollectorPlugin();
 			case other:
 				final CollectorPlugin.NAME.OTHER_NAME plugin = Optional
 					.ofNullable(api.getParams().get("other_plugin_type"))
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/CollectorPlugin.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/CollectorPlugin.java
index 841d42fea8..7d6aaaff86 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/CollectorPlugin.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/CollectorPlugin.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.collection.CollectorException;
 public interface CollectorPlugin {
 
 	enum NAME {
-		oai, other, rest_json2xml;
+		oai, other, rest_json2xml, fileGZip;
 
 		public enum OTHER_NAME {
 			mdstore_mongodb_dump, mdstore_mongodb
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/fileGZip/FileGZipCollectorPlugin.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/fileGZip/FileGZipCollectorPlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38f3288904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/fileGZip/FileGZipCollectorPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.collection.plugin.fileGZip;
+
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.collection.ApiDescriptor;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.collection.plugin.CollectorPlugin;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.aggregation.AggregatorReport;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.collection.CollectorException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
+
+public class FileGZipCollectorPlugin implements CollectorPlugin {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FileGZipCollectorPlugin.class);
+
+    public static final String ENCODING = "encoding";
+
+    @Override
+    public Stream<String> collect(ApiDescriptor api, AggregatorReport report) throws CollectorException {
+
+        final String baseUrl = Optional
+            .ofNullable(api.getBaseUrl())
+            .orElseThrow( () -> new CollectorException("missing baseUrl, required by the fileGZip collector plugin"));
+
+        log.info("fileGZip.baseUrl: {}", baseUrl);
+
+        final String encoding = Optional
+                .ofNullable(api.getParams().get(ENCODING))
+                .orElseThrow(() -> new CollectorException(String.format("missing parameter '%s', required by the fileGZip collector plugin", ENCODING)));
+
+        log.info("fileGZip.encoding: {}", encoding);
+
+        try {
+
+            InputStream gzipStream = new GZIPInputStream(new FileInputStream(baseUrl));
+            Reader decoder = new InputStreamReader(gzipStream, encoding);
+            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(decoder);
+
+            return reader.lines();
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new CollectorException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/fileGZip/FileGZipCollectorPluginTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/fileGZip/FileGZipCollectorPluginTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..793a5b04cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/fileGZip/FileGZipCollectorPluginTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.collection.plugin.fileGZip;
+
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.collection.ApiDescriptor;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.aggregation.AggregatorReport;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.collection.CollectorException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class FileGZipCollectorPluginTest {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FileGZipCollectorPluginTest.class);
+
+    private final ApiDescriptor api = new ApiDescriptor();
+    private FileGZipCollectorPlugin plugin;
+
+    private static final String SPLIT_ON_ELEMENT = "repository";
+    private static final String ENCODING = "UTF-8";
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void setUp() {
+
+        final String gzipFile = this
+                .getClass()
+                .getResource("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/collection/plugin/fileGZip/opendoar.xml.gz")
+                .getFile();
+
+        System.out.println(gzipFile);
+        api.setBaseUrl(gzipFile);
+
+        HashMap<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
+        params.put("splitOnElement", SPLIT_ON_ELEMENT);
+        params.put("encoding", ENCODING);
+
+        api.setParams(params);
+
+        plugin = new FileGZipCollectorPlugin();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test() throws CollectorException {
+
+        final Stream<String> stream = plugin.collect(api, new AggregatorReport());
+
+        stream.limit(10).forEach(s -> {
+            Assertions.assertTrue(s.length() > 0);
+            log.info(s);
+        });
+    }
+}
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index 0000000000..f783b69e7b
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