The scope is peer-reviewed, scientific publications registered in the research databases of the participating institutions, and published in conference proceedings or journals with ISSN for any given submission year. See more in the documentation available online at the Indicator's Overview.
This varies slightly across the years, but the general rule is, that Open Access to a specific publication is established if it is published in an Open Access Journal and/or is downloadable from an open repository - either a local repository with the participating institutions or an accepted external repository. See more in the documentation available online at the Indicator's Overview.
Publication metadata is collected from each of the local research databases of the 8 Danish universities. In addition, a number of authority and auxiliary data are collected. See more details online at the Indicator’s Technical Documentation.
No, the Open Access Indicator does not measure Hybrid Open Access automatically. However, if the publication is uploaded in either the universities’ research databases or other recognized Open Access repositories the publication will be Open Access realised.
According to the annual production cycle, The Open Access Indicator aims at launching the Open Access results in April every year.
The authority list is updated yearly based on input from the Danish universities. During a hearing period, the universities may suggest new repositories to be added to the list. The suggested repositories are evaluated in accordance with six criteria and, if these are met, the repositories may be added to the list. The current list of external repositories, and an elaboration of the criteria for inclusion are available online.
Yes, the former authority lists of journals with long embargoes are available for download. The list was updated annually between 2017 and 2021.
Yes, the full datasets from all years are available for download on the Data page.
Yes, when revising Denmark’s National Open Access Strategy in 2018, the category “Unclear” Open Access potential changed name to “Blocked” Open Access. The criteria, however, are unchanged and cover:
- Journals not registered in Sherpa/RoMEO
- Journals that officially do not allow Open Access in Sherpa/RoMEO according to the criteria of the Open Access Indicator
- Journals with embargo periods above 12 months