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<p>A Nordic journal on all aspects of Open Science, relevant for or originating in the Nordic and Baltic countries.</p>

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Reflections on the demise of First Monday

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/8673

Published: May 4, 2026 22:00

The journal First Monday, an early Open Access journal without article processing charges, announced recently that they would cease publishing with their May 2026 issue, after 30 years of publishing. This calls for some reflections. First Monday has been a…

Striving for Open Science Compliance in Sweden

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/8391

Published: April 6, 2026 22:00

Sweden has pursued Open Science as a strategic priority since the 2016 Research and Innovation Bill, which set 2026 targets for open access to publicly funded outputs and “as open as possible, as closed as necessary” research data. Using data from SUHF’s…

Insights into Participatory Policymaking

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/8084

Published: December 22, 2025 23:00

This article explores how Finland created its first citizen science policy by involving the stakeholders in the policymaking process. The aim is to assess how engaging stakeholders can shape science policy. The basis of the study is in the shift of…

Grassroots networks can help implement and harmonize open research efforts

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/8343

Published: December 17, 2025 23:00

Grassroots networks are peer-led, bottom-up initiatives that can drive meaningful change in research reform. Norwegian Reproducibility Network (NORRN), a nation-wide initiative after the model from similar networks around the world, is an example of a…

From mess to method

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/8280

Published: November 16, 2025 23:00

The dream of FAIR data is to have, where possible, research data open and accessible to review and reuse. The present reality complicates data’s findability in a myriad of ways not least of which is the decentralised nature of research data repositories…

Speech Synthesis Integration in Open Journal Systems

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/7557

Published: November 2, 2025 23:00

This case study addresses the issue of poor accessibility and speech synthesis compatibility in research papers published as PDFs. We conducted a pilot study using EPUB format in a selection of our university's open-access journals, employing a template…

Finland has a New National Declaration for Open Science and Research – and the Keyword is Community

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/8215

Published: November 2, 2025 23:00

Finland’s 2025 revision of the National Declaration for Open Science and Research demonstrates a community-driven approach to policy-making. The research community led by over 400 experts from diverse research organisations contributed through workshops,…

Experiences and Reflections: the PKP Sprint and CRAFT-OA Tech Event in Turin 2024

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/8030

Published: May 29, 2025 22:00

This article presents the impressions and reports of the three authors that attended three events: the national or large PKP OJS installations meeting, a PKP Sprint, and a CRAFT-OA Tech Event at the University of Turin. The events brought together a…

Languages in scholarly publishing and support of scholarly publishing in the Nordic area

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/7430

Published: December 18, 2024 23:00

Based on data collected in the DIAMAS Survey of institutional publishing in the European Research Area, I show which languages are used for publication and service providing among respondents from the Nordic and Baltic region. I also discuss languages for…

Citizen engagement as a crisis response at higher education institutions in the Baltic states and Ukraine

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/7508

Published: September 5, 2024 22:00

This publication presents social actions organised in Baltic universities in collaboration with policy, industry, and society, aiming to support Ukrainian populations in humanitarian crises. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in…

Using Open Journal Systems (OJS) for a podcast series

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/7510

Published: June 5, 2024 22:00

The podcast series Open Science Talk published its first issue in September 2018. Since the beginning, it has been published on the audio platform SoundCloud. Since January 2020, however, the Open Journal Systems (OJS) installation of UiT The Arctic…

An offer the journal couldn’t refuse

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/7001

Published: June 11, 2023 22:00

The article describes a two-year project (running from 2021 to 2022) that worked on getting Danish Open Access journals indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The project was run in partnership by Copenhagen Business School (CBS Library),…

Beware of predatory publishing – but also of low-quality blacklists

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/7010

Published: April 3, 2023 22:00

We should be wary of low-quality journals and predatory OA publishing. But we should also know which sources’ judgement to trust. Is the new website Predatory Reports a trustworthy source of information?

Alchemists needed, to transform bronze to gold!

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/6665

Published: September 12, 2022 22:00

Much Bronze OA is of little interest from an OA point of view, but there is a subset of Bronze that has potential to be converted to Diamond OA. This is the kind of Bronze where the lack of a formal OA status is not due to economic considerations, but lack…

Two novices' impressions from the PKP Sprint in Helsinki, 15th–16th of June 2022

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/6658

Published: September 8, 2022 22:00

The present paper is a brief overview of our impressions of the PKP Sprint in Helsinki, 15th–16th of June 2022. Main focus will be on the groups where we were present. We hope the paper can be of use for those who have not yet attended a PKP sprint, and…

An Open Science Roadmap for Swedish Higher Education Institutions

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/6253

Published: May 5, 2022 22:00

In the spring of 2021, a National Open Science Roadmap for Swedish Higher Education Institutions (HEI) was adopted by The Association of Swedish HEIs. The roadmap’s eight principles aim to guide the HEIs’ development of local structures and processes,…

The Research Data Alliance in Norway

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/5783

Published: April 19, 2021 22:00

The Research Data Alliance (RDA) is a neutral international network aiming at promoting data sharing and data-driven research. The efforts of RDA are organized in a number of groups, including national nodes, where contributors work together to develop and…

A brief saga about open access books

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/5751

Published: March 17, 2021 23:00

Monographs and academic books are increasingly becoming a focus point in the open access debate and policy developments. This article gives a personal account of the rationale behind open access book publishing and open infrastructures for books. It…

Unholy goals and flawed methods

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/5659

Published: November 12, 2020 23:00

A problematic practice has evolved, which is threatening to undermine research in the social sciences and humanities. Bibliometrics is often claimed to be able to measure researchers’ efficiency. We find this quite problematic and, in this article, we…

Some highlights from the PKP 2019 International Scholarly Publishing Conference

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/5204

Published: December 29, 2019 23:00

This an overview of the PKP 2019 International Scholarly Publishing Conference that took place at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) on November 20–22, 2019.

Impressions from the 14th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing 2019

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/5203

Published: December 26, 2019 23:00

The 14th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing 2019 took place at UiT The Arctic University of Norway on November 27–28, 2019.  This short article reports some impressions from the conference. The full materials of the conference, including presentation…

Norwegian Read & Publish agreements – an overview

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/5200

Published: December 18, 2019 23:00

During the course of 2019, Unit (the Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education & Research), who acts as the Norwegian coordinator of Open Access and licence negotiations, landed Open Access agreements with the four major academic…

Implementation of Open Science in Lithuania

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/4828

Published: August 20, 2019 22:00

The number of open science policies being adopted in Europe by universities and research institutions is constantly increasing, however many European countries face difficulties while implementing open science practically. This publication reveals the…

Need for a change in scientific publishing

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/4509

Published: December 3, 2018 23:00

Outsourcing of scientific publishing to scientific journals is problematic, both economically and academically. It is expensive, slow, non-transparent, unbalanced and excluding. Academic library subscriptions contribute substantially to the publishing…

Offsetting: no big deal?

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/4430

Published: May 29, 2018 22:00

In this paper I will discuss offsetting deals from their impact on accessibility, affordability to research results and on the possible development of scientific communication towards new modes and methods. I will look at the Swedish National Consortia’s…

Moving towards open science? Conference report: the 9th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, Lisbon, September 20–21, 2017

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/4307

Published: January 1, 2018 23:00

The Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, COASP, is held annually with the aim of reaching professional publishing organizations, independent publishers and university presses, as well as librarians, university administrators and other…

Benefits of open access articles for industry

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/4148

Published: November 30, 2017 23:00

In this short article, benefits of open access articles for industry are discussed from the point of view of the industry as both the authors and readers of open access articles. Open access articles unlock the barrier to share knowledge and experiences…

Summary and thoughts from a conference – attending the 7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/3648

Published: December 9, 2015 23:00

The Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, COASP, is held annually with the aim of reaching professional publishing organizations, independent publishers and university presses, as well as librarians, university administrators and other…

A new funding model and improved infrastructure for the Finnish Open Access journals

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/3622

Published: October 22, 2015 22:00

A new project launched by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies and the National Library of Finland will be looking for ways to make Open Access publishing more viable for the Finnish scholarly journals. Most of the journals are published by small…

Open, transparent and honest – the way we practice research

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/3618

Published: October 22, 2015 22:00

This paper makes the case for Open Science as a means to support and practice Responsible Conduct of Research. Responsible and ethical research practices imply research integrity in terms of transparency, honesty and accountability in all parts of…

Crystals of Knowledge Production. An Intercontinental Conversation about Open Science and the Humanities

https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nopos/article/view/3619

Published: October 22, 2015 22:00

In this article two scholars engage in a conversation about open access and open science in research communication with a specific focus on the Humanities. The two scholars have very different points of departure. Whereas Jean-Claude Guedón has been a…