The Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science has released the results of this year’s Open Access Indicator, and the outcome is very positive for CBS. A full 74% of CBS publications are now available as Open Access, up from 67% last year. This places CBS ahead of both Aalborg University and Aarhus University.
The heavy increase is mainly due to national license agreements that allow CBS researchers to publish Open Access without additional costs. These agreements have been crucial in reducing the share of blocked publications and in ensuring wider accessibility to CBS research.
At the same time, CBS has the lowest share of unused publications among Danish universities – only 5%. This is a clear sign that CBS has managed to utilize our Open Access potential to its fullest.
About Open Access
Publishing as Open Access increases the visibility and accessibility to research, ensuring that knowledge can be freely shared and built upon. Moreover, by choosing Open Access, researchers meet the requirements set by many funding bodies that mandate open dissemination of publicly funded research.
For more info:
Read about The Danish Open Access Indicator
CBS Library has also published a Libguide on Open Access.
You are always welcome to write to us at oa@cbs.dk if you have questions about Open Access.