Open access to research data

The Swedish Research Council is mandated to coordinate, follow up and promote collaboration in Sweden’s transition to open access to research data. This page contains information, guidance, and support for those working on this issue.

Open access to research data means that research data are published freely available on the internet

If these data can be used and reused with no conditions other than stating the source, they are defined as ‘open research data’. Far from all research data can be fully openly accessible. The assessment of openness shall be based on applicable legislation, and the principle of “as open as possible and as limited as necessary”.

Publications

Publikation
30 June 2023
Öppen tillgång till forskningsdata – en kartläggning, analys och bedömning 2023
Vetenskapsrådet har i uppdrag att samordna, följa upp och främja samverkan i arbetet för öppen tillgång till forskningsdata. Varje år publicerar vi en samlad kartläggning, analys och bedömning av det nationella arbetet med öppen tillgång till forskningsdata...
Publication
6 December 2022
Guide to the template for data management plans
This is a guide and supplement to the data managemant plan template developed by the Swedish Research Council and the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions, SUHF...
Publikation
10 March 2022
Vetenskapsrådets samordningsuppdrag om öppen tillgång till forskningsdata 2022
Vetenskapsrådet har i uppdrag att främja och samordna det nationella arbetet med att införa öppen tillgång till forskningsdata. Fokus i denna rapport ligger på en kartläggning, analys och bedömning av det nationella arbetet med öppen tillgång till forskningsdata...
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News

News
14 September 2023
Open access to research data is possible given the right conditions
Each year, the Swedish Research Council publishes a mapping, an analysis and an assessment of how the national work on open access to research data is developing...
News
26 June 2023
Open data and research infrastructures in focus at conference
The importance of research infrastructures and open data in the digital era was the theme of a conference held during Sweden’s presidency of the EU in Lund on 19–20 June...
News
24 November 2021
New features in open access and FAIR data management
The Swedish Research Council has produced criteria and guidelines for data management according to the FAIR principles...
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