Infrastructures enabling Open Science

Digital and organizational infrastructures — such as publication databases, data archives, metadata standards, and identifiers like DOI and ORCID — are essential for creating long‑term and standardized access to research results.

The EU and Sweden emphasize that infrastructures must be developed in parallel with the transition toward open science, and the Swedish Research Council has a specific national coordination mandate.

The infrastructure for Open Science also includes organized network collaboration, which provides important forums for joint policy development, standardization, and knowledge sharing:

SND – Swedish National Data Service

SND functions as a national hub for support in managing and sharing research data and is directly connected to the implementation of the FAIR principles through its work with metadata, documentation, and repositories.

Swedish National Data Service External link.

EOSC – European Open Science Cloud

EOSC is a major European initiative that coordinates work on open science, the FAIR principles, and data sharing at the European level. The Swedish Research Council and other actors highlight EOSC as a central initiative for operationalizing FAIR in practice.

European Open Science Cloud External link.

CoARA – Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment

CoARA is an internationally and nationally (via SUHF) structured forum for reforming research assessment and creating incentives for open science. MDU signed CoARA in 2023.

CoARA External link.

ORE – Open Research Europe

The EU’s open publishing platform serves as infrastructure support for researchers within EU research programs. The platform offers open access, open peer review, and adheres to the FAIR and openness principles that underpin EU research policy. By combining open publishing with transparent review, ORE contributes to both quality and reproducibility, in line with the direction of the Swedish research bill and the work within EOSC.

Open Research Europe External link.

Together, these platforms and networks form an ecosystem in which technical solutions, policy development, and standardization interact. For universities and researchers, this means that open science requires not only systems and technology, but also active participation in shared forums where norms, incentives, and common working practices are shaped.

How to do this in your research

Store publications and data in MDU’s recommended systems.

Registration and publishing in DiVA, Internal portal External link.

Use persistent identifiers, for example ORCID or DOI.

ORCID External link.