Open access to scholarly communication in Denmark has grown rapidly since the 1990s. As in other countries in general, open access publishing is less expensive than traditional, paper-based, pre-Internet publishing.[1]

Growth of open access publications in Denmark, 1990–2018
Number of open access publications in various Danish repositories, 2018

Repositories and platforms edit

There are a number of collections of scholarship in Denmark housed in digital open access repositories.[2] They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are free to read. The consortial Scandinavian hprints repository began operating in 2008, specializing in arts, humanities, and social sciences content.[3] In 2017, Aarhus University launched an open science platform, SPOMAN.[4][5][2]

Policy edit

Leaders of the Copenhagen Business School voted in June 2009 to adopt an open access mandate, the first of its kind in Denmark.[6]

In 2012 Denmark's main public funders of research began requiring that grantees deposit articles into open access digital repositories.[7] In 2014, the Danish Ministry of Research created a national policy requiring open access for all publicly funded research published after 2020.[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ John Houghton (2009), Cost and benefits of alternative publishing models: Denmark, Denmark: DEFF, OCLC 784112428 – via Knowledge Exchange
  2. ^ a b "Denmark". Directory of Open Access Repositories. UK: University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Browse by Country: Europe: Denmark". Registry of Open Access Repositories. UK: University of Southampton. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. ^ "The 1st Open Science platform, by Aarhus University, Denmark", Starbios2.eu, 2017
  5. ^ "SPOMAN Open Science (Fundamental Research within Smart POlymer MAterials and Nanocomposites". Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  6. ^ Nancy Pontika (ed.). "Unanimous faculty votes". Open Access Directory. US: Simmons College, School of Library and Information Science. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  7. ^ a b "OA in Denmark". Open Access in Practice: EU Member States. OpenAIRE. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

Further reading edit

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