Member Record

National Library of Sweden


Name	National Library of Sweden
Membership Category	Infrastructure & Services (Non-Commercial)
Website	https://publicera.kb.se/
Owner	The National Library of Sweden is a government agency.
Main Address	Kungliga biblioteket – National Library of Sweden Box 5039 102 41 Stockholm
Other Office Locations	We also have several other locations in Sweden, in Strängnäs, Bålsta and elsewhere in Stockholm
Copyright and Licensing Link
Copyright and Licensing Policy	All journals hosted on the platform must use a Creative Commons licence. We recommend CC-BY but journals may choose among four Creative Commons licences. Journals hosted on the platform are given guidance in best practices related to copyright and licensing. Policies vary among the journals, but they all use Creative Commons licences and authors retain copyright.
Complaint Contact Link
Complaint Policy
Publication Charge Link
Publication Charge Policy	Each journal sets its own policies about publication charges. Currently none of the journals on the platform charge publication fees. See https://publicera.kb.se/slr/policies, for example.
OASPA Compliant OA Journals	The National Library of Sweden manages Publicera, a platform for open access Swedish scholarly journals. As of April 2023, there are 16 OA journals on Publicera, and another 5-10 are expected to join the platform during the current year
OA Articles (approx. number in 12 months)	Approximately 93 OA articles published in the last 12 months.
OASPA Compliant OA Books
Peer Review Process Link
Peer Review Policy
Initiatives	The National Library of Sweden is tasked with promoting and coordinating the national work for open access to scholarly publications. See https://www.kb.se/samverkan-och-utveckling/oppen-tillgang-och-bibsamkonsortiet/open-access-and-bibsam-consortium/open-access.html for details.

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