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Springer Monitor 1.0

Data and Analysis about the SpringerNature R&P Agreement Switzerland. More countries coming soon..

Elsevier Monitor 2.0

Data and Analysis about Elsevier R&P Agreements from the countries Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden

Swiss RSC OA articles

Hybrid OA Articles from Swiss RSC Read and Publish Agreement (2019-2020).

SNSF OA Books

Check for DOI and metadata for SNSF funded Open Access Books.

Recent Posts

Update Swiss Elsevier R&P Agreement - June 2021

A second critical evaluation of the Swiss Read and Publish Agreement with Elsevier
11. Jun 2021

Disclosure of institutional costs of the Swiss Elsevier Agreement 2020-2023

Details of the costs that were kept secret by the swissuniversities
7. Nov 2020

Swiss € 57million Elsevier deal

A first critical evaluation of the Swiss Read and Publish Agreement with Elsevier
14. Aug 2020

Swiss Karger Agreement now disclosed

The Read and Publish Agreement between Karger and the Universities Zurich, Lausanne, Basel and of Italian Switzerland has now be disclosed after my FOI request
11. Aug 2020 oa-monitoring.ch

Extended Elsevier Dashboard for Switzerland

Dashboard and Data for Swiss Elsevier publications now online
3. Aug 2020 oa-monitoring.ch
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History of Open Access in Switzerland

Anything but a new idea!

Implement Open Access and Open Archives

Motion in Swiss Parliament by Teophil Pfister Mar 2010
Can the Federal Council use its weight as to accelerate the implementation of Open Access?

Accessibility of public research. open access

Interpellation, Swiss Parliament by Teophil Pfister Jun 2007
Three questions to the Federal Council as to whether he considers Open Access to be useful and considers implementing it, in particular via the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Singing of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities

SNSF, the Swiss Academies, former bodies of swissuniversities Jan 2006
In 2006 the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences was signed by the SNSF, the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, and the former bodies of swissuniveristies (rector conferences of Swiss Universities, Universities of Applied Sciences and Universities of Teacher Education).

Euphoric start of Open Access

University of Zurich Oct 2003
Launch of PloS Biology was celebrated at the University Zurich with Prorector Alexander Borbély. You also can see Michael Hengartner, current President of the ETH Board wearing a PLOS-T-Shirt.
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This site presents data about the state of Open Access in Switzerland.