Further information on open access
Today, a large number of results from publicly funded research are published behind paywalls. Thus, the research results are available only to readers belonging to institutions that can afford to pay hefty access fees, which limits the dissemination of knowledge and its utilization in society at large.
The Government’s Research and Innovation Bill (Prop. 2020/21:60) states that all publicly funded scholarly publications should be published with immediate open access starting 2021.
The National Library of Sweden acts as a national coordinating body in the work towards a transition to open access to scholarly publications. You can find further information on Sweden's open access initiatives on openaccess.se.
Paths to open access
There are various ways to publish and make scientific articles openly available. Concepts used to describe the different ways of open access are "gold", "green" and "hybrid".
Gold
The researcher publishes an article in an open access journal, which makes all its materials freely available.
Green
The researcher publishes in a traditional subscription-based journal and then, in parallel, publishes a copy of the manuscript freely available via a digital archive as soon as the publisher allows it. Please refer to parallell publishing in DiVA for further information.
Hybrid
The researcher publishes the article in a traditional subscription-based journal and for a fee, the article is immediately made available in open access.