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
12 February 2025
Vetenskapsrådets rekommendationer för forskningsdata: FAIR och öppen tillgång
Vetenskapsrådets rekommendationer beskriver de insatser som behövs för att nå en övergång till öppen tillgång till FAIR forskningsdata fullt ut...
Publikation
26 June 2024
Öppen tillgång till forskningsdata – en kartläggning, analys och bedömning 2024
Vetenskapsrådet har i uppdrag att samordna, följa upp och främja samverkan i arbetet för öppen tillgång till forskningsdata. Varje år gör vi en kartläggning, analys och bedömning av läget i 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...
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News

News
20 November 2024
Pär Weihed Appointed Investigator for the Swedish Research Council’s E-Infrastructure Assignment
The Swedish Research Council has been mandated by the Government to propose how Sweden’s e-infrastructure for research can be developed through coordination and organisational change...
News
25 September 2024
Swedish EOSC Forum opened
The Swedish Research Council has started a Swedish forum for discussions, exchange of experiences and thoughts about the European open research cloud, EOSC...
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...
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Contact

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