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Press release , 2009-10-07 In Swedish
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(translation from the Swedish by Ingegerd Rabow)<br><br>
The Swedish Research Council requires free access to research
results.<br><br>
In order to receive research grants the Research council requires now
that researchers publish their material freely accessible to
all.<br><br>
The general public and other researchers shall have free access to all
material financed by public funding,<br><br>
The thought behind the so called Open Access is that
everybody shall have free and unlimited access to scientifically refereed
articles, The Research Council has now decided, that researchers who are
granted research funding from the Council shall publish their
refereed texts in journals and at conferences in this way.<br><br>
"We are of the opinion that texts presenting research funded by
public funds shall be freely available to all," says professor Pär
Omling Director General of the Swedish Research Council. "Open
Access is an important prerequisite for the dissemination of research
results to the benefit of society." <br><br>
Researchers are required to guarantee that everything published shall be
freely available according to to Open Access not later than six months
after publication.<br><br>
The Council's decision regarding Open Access has been taken in close
cooperation with SUHF, the Association of Swedish Higher Education. To
promote free dissemination of research results is not and isolated
Swedish occurrence, The so called Berlin Declaration aiming to implement
Open Access has been signed by several large, mainly European
research funders. <br><br>
The Open Access-mandate covers so far only refereed journal articles and
conference reports, not monographs and book chapters. The mandate will be
included in the new grant conditions from 2010.. <br>
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For more information, contact<br>
Håkan Billig, main secretary for the Medical Council, tel +46 8-546 44
294, e-post hakan.billig@vr.se<br>
Pär Omling, Director General the Swedish Research Council, tel +46 8-546
44 185, e-post par.omling@vr.se<br><br>
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