Open access to scientific publications

The Swedish Research Council is driving the development towards open access to scientific publications together with other research funding bodies within and outside Sweden. One of the ways we do this is to establish guidelines for publication with open access for researchers who apply for funding from us.

Guidelines for publishing with open access

Why we require open access to scientific publications

We think that everybody should have access to research results that are financed via public funds.
Research results that can be read for free on the internet also reach researchers outside the specific field.
People outside the research community have the opportunity to partake of scientific articles linked to their occupational activities.
Research published with open access spreads faster, and the articles are cited more often.

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Swedish EOSC Forum opened

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Published 25 September 2024

The Swedish Research Council has started a Swedish forum for discussions, exchange of experiences and thoughts about the European open research cloud, EOSC. The aim is to strengthen the conditions for joint national development and forward direction ...

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International collaboration

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ESOF 2024

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Published 29 May 2024

EuroScience Open Forum, ESOF, will take place in Katowice in Poland, on 12–15 June. The Swedish Research Council will host one session, on 13 June, about open science and democracy.

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Open science

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Agreements completed with four publishers of open access journals

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Published 20 March 2024

Last autumn, the Swedish Research Council, Formas, Forte, and Vinnova made a focus decision to fund publishing using publishers that only produce journals with full open access. Agreements have now been entered into with four publishers.

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