The Danish universities have their own institutional policies on Open Access to research publications and provide guidance to researchers on Open Access.
Here you can click through to read more about the universities’ work on Open Access. At the bottom of the page, you can find information about who can assist researchers with Open Access publishing.
Aarhus University has an Open Access policy that supports the principles set out in the 2018 National Open Access Strategy and aims to provide free access for all citizens, researchers and businesses to research publications resulting from research conducted at AU. Researchers at the university are encouraged to ensure unrestricted digital access to peer-reviewed research articles for the public. Freedom of research and the requirement for rigorous quality assurance still apply. AU’s Open Access policy, as well as the ambitious objectives of the national strategy, therefore does not restrict individual researchers’ freedom to choose their preferred publishing channel.
At Aalborg University (AAU), Open Access to research is a guiding principle. However, this must not compromise the ambition to publish high-quality research in relevant publication channels where Open Access is not an option. AAU works with Open Access at several levels, providing guidance on Open Access publishing options, including self-archiving, copyright and the use of national agreements with scholarly publishers. AAU also offers Open Access publishing through Aalborg University Open Publishing.
Copenhagen Business School (CBS) considers it a central part of its mission to take responsibility for making knowledge and new perspectives available not only to students, businesses and the academic community, but also to society as a whole. Open Access is an excellent means of fulfilling this mission. Recognising that disseminating research findings as widely as possible is one of the fundamental principles of research, CBS seeks to ensure open access to research conducted by CBS researchers.
IT University considers Open Access important for high-quality research. IT University hosts the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Game Studies and is generally supportive of Open Access publishing, provided that this does not compromise research quality and that it can be funded on a sound and sustainable basis.
Roskilde University seeks to ensure free and open access to the university’s research and therefore aims to promote publishing practices that enable free access (Open Access) to research findings.
DTU endorses the 2018 National Open Access Strategy, and Open Access forms part of DTU’s publishing policy. In line with the national strategy, DTU’s publishing policy recommends green Open Access. The policy also recommends that researchers use the most relevant and recognised publication channels, publish in Open Access journals where these are of a high recognised standard, and, as a minimum, retain the right to self-archive their publications in DTU’s research database, DTU Orbit.
In April 2012, the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) decided to implement green Open Access publishing to the greatest extent possible, on a voluntary basis.
The University of Southern Denmark (SDU) has endorsed the 2018 National Open Access Strategy, which aims to ensure that all publicly funded research is publicly accessible. In 2018, SDU adopted an Open Science policy, which was revised in October 2024. The policy was developed by SDU, while tailored operationalisations have been developed at departmental level. This means that SDU is working systematically to make research publications openly accessible to all through SDU’s research database.
Title: Senior Adviser
Email: hki@ufm.dk
Phone: +45 7231 8246
