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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.

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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  1. Strengthened national capacity – the key to secure and open research data

    News |

    Published 20 August 2025

    There is a need to map how research data management is currently funded in Sweden and to analyse how it should be funded in the future. This is stated in this year's report from the Swedish Research Council on national efforts to promote open access ...

    Keywords:

    Open access,

    Open access to data

  2. The Swedish Research Council's recommendations for research data: FAIR and open access

    Publication |

    Published 24 March 2025

    The Swedish Research Council's recommendations describe the initiatives needed to achieve a full transition to open access to FAIR research data. The report gathers together the Swedish Research Council's recommendations on: open access to research...

    Keywords:

    Open science,

    Open access to data

  3. Swedish List discontinued

    News |

    Published 17 March 2025

    Since 2019, the Swedish Research Council has complied the annual Swedish List, a register of peer-reviewed journals in Swepub – the database for scientific publications at Swedish higher education institutions. As from this year, we are discontinuing...

    Keywords:

    Bibliometrics,

    Open science