Open APC Sweden was initially a project by the National Library of Sweden together with Swedish higher education institutions (HEIs) in order to investigate the possibilities of establishing an transparent open access publication cost system.

The project aimed at keeping the Swedish HEI sector informed about ways in which to monitor the total cost of publication, which includes the collection of APCs. In order to establish Open APC Sweden there is a great need for a concerted effort by stakeholders.

As of today 25 HEI are reporting data to Open APC Sweden.

The aim of this Open APC Sweden repository is to:

• Release datasets on fees paid for open access journal articles by the Swedish HEI sector

• Demonstrate how reporting on fee-based open access publishing can be made more transparent and reproducible across institutions. This is an important aspect in the preparation for a transition from a subscription-based market to an open access publishing infrastructure.

• Establish a valid empirical foundation which can only be realised by standardised reporting on APC costs

Please see the project wiki for more information.

This project follows the Open APC Initiative to share data on paid APCs. It recognises efforts from JISC and FWF to standardise APC reporting.

Swedish Open APC data is collected by the Open APC Initiative, and the current status in Europe is available at the Open APC. Please note that due to data cleaning differences, the results may differ between Open APC Sweden and the Open APC Initiative.

See guidelines for contribution of data in the project Wiki.

(*Pilot contributor)

Blekinge Institute of Technology (bth)
*Dalarna University College (du)
Halmstad University (hh)
Jönköping University (ju)
Karlstad University (kau)
Karolinska Institute (ki)
*KTH Royal Institute of Techonology (kth)
*Linköping University (liu)
Linnaeus University (lnu)
Luleå University of Technology (ltu)
Lund University (lu)
Malmö University (mau)
Mälardalen University (mdu)
Stockholm School of Economics (hhs)
Stockholm University (su), pilot contributor
Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (gih)
*Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (slu)
Södertörn University (sh)
University of Borås (hb)
*University of Gothenburg (gu)
University of Gävle (hig)
University of Skövde (his)
University West (hv)
Uppsala University (uu)
Örebro University (oru)

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