Member Record: National Library of Sweden
Title | National Library of Sweden |
Class |
Infrastructure & Services (Non-Commercial) |
URL | https://publicera.kb.se/ |
Owner | The National Library of Sweden is a government agency. |
Address | Kungliga biblioteket - National Library of Sweden Box 5039 102 41 Stockholm |
Copyright and Licensing Policy | All journals hosted on the platform must use a Creative Commons licence. We recommend CC-BY but journals may choose among four Creative Commons licences. Journals hosted on the platform are given guidance in best practices related to copyright and licensing. Policies vary among the journals, but they all use Creative Commons licences and authors retain copyright. |
Publication charge policy | Each journal sets its own policies about publication charges. Currently none of the journals on the platform charge publication fees. See https://publicera.kb.se/slr/policies, for example. |
OASPA Compliant OA Journals | The National Library of Sweden manages Publicera, a platform for open access Swedish scholarly journals. As of April 2023, there are 16 OA journals on Publicera, and another 5-10 are expected to join the platform during the current year |
OA articles approx. number in 12 months |
Approximately 93 OA articles published in the last 12 months. |
Initiatives | The National Library of Sweden is tasked with promoting and coordinating the national work for open access to scholarly publications. See https://www.kb.se/samverkan-och-utveckling/oppen-tillgang-och-bibsamkonsortiet/open-access-and-bibsam-consortium/open-access.html for details. |