Reports and other documents
On this page, you can find a range of reports, recommendations, and other key documents related to the transition to an open research system.
The transition to an open system
for scholarly publishing
Since 2017, the National Library of Sweden (KB) has had a government mandate to coordinate work on open access to scientific publications. Within the framework of this assignment, five studies were carried out on topics including funding, research assessment systems, books, and support for journals. The work involved research funders, the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF), higher education institutions, and the research community. Based on literature reviews, surveys, and public consultations, 16 recommendations were developed. The aim was to propose national solutions to specific challenges and to support the transition to an open publishing system in line with the government’s overall objective.
The list of links also includes KB’s annual reports on this coordination mandate from recent years. All of KB’s reports related to open science are available on its website.
The Swedish Research Council’s recommendations for research data:
FAIR and open access
To be useful, research data need to comply with the FAIR principles: they should be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. The Swedish Research Council’s (SRC) recommendations for research data set out measures to enable full open access to FAIR research data. The recommendations are primarily aimed at research-performing organisations and research funders, but can also be used by other actors. They provide support for strategic planning, organisational change and the development of technical solutions. SRC has a government mandate to coordinate open access to research data.
SRC’s previous mappings and analyses of open access to research data are available in the list of links, together with the reports on its coordination mandate (2021 and 2022). A complete list of SRC’s publications related to open access to research data can be found on its website.
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The assignment on open science in the appropriation directions
In their appropriation directions for the 2025 budget year, universities and higher education institutions are tasked with continuing to develop their work on open science. The purpose is for them to contribute to achieving the national objective for an open science system (government bill 2020/21:60). As part of this work, they are to provide input to the Swedish Research Council and the National Library of Sweden in their respective responsibilities to coordinate, monitor, and promote collaboration in efforts to achieve open access to research data and scientific publications.