Why is open science important?
When reliable research-based knowledge is readily available, it is easier to use in everyday life, in addressing societal challenges and in political decision-making. Accessibility of knowledge promotes equality and strengthens public trust in science and research.
Making science accessible to everyone is a topical issue in both the Finnish and international research communities. In recent years, the research community has developed shared open science policies, platforms and networks, as well as events that inspire curiosity among the wider public interested in science. The quality and impact of science and research are strengthened when research outputs and methods are openly available for examination and reuse.
One of the key responsibilities of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV) is to make research-based knowledge accessible to everyone. A large number of researchers and other members of the research community contribute to this work.
What does open science mean in practice?
Openness takes many forms in everyday research activities. Examples include:
- scientific publications that are openly available online free of charge, also referred to as diamond open access publishing
- open educational resources that anyone can use and share
- transparent research methods and processes
- collaboration between the research community and wider society
How does TSV promote open science?
TSV promotes openness in research-based knowledge by:
- developing open access to scientific publications and publishing platforms that allow anyone to read scientific publications online
- organising science events that are open to everyone
- coordinating national open science and research development
- participating in international collaboration
- promoting multilingualism in science
Open Science Coordination in Finland
TSV coordinates the national development of open science in Finland in collaboration with the research community. This national collaboration produces shared policies, recommendations and operating models that support the implementation of open science across the research community.
National coordination helps ensure that open science practices develop consistently and sustainably throughout the research community, while universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutes and other research organisations guide their own practices, including research data management, publishing and guidelines on openness.
Learn more about Open Science Coordination in Finland
Scientific publications accessible to everyone
TSV maintains and develops scholarly publishing services that support open access publishing in Finland.
Journal.fi is a publishing and distribution service for Finnish scholarly journals. It provides a technical platform for open access journal publishing and makes research more accessible to researchers, students and the general public.
Edition.fi is a service for open access scholarly book publishing. It provides Finnish scholarly publishers with a platform for publishing open access monographs and edited volumes, as well as managing their editorial and peer review processes.
International collaboration on opening science
Open science is built through international collaboration. TSV actively participates in European and international projects that develop practices for open access publishing, research data and research infrastructures.
Multilingualism
The signatories of the Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication advocate that policymakers, universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutes, research funders, libraries and researchers support the dissemination of research findings, maintain national infrastructures that enable research publishing and promote linguistic diversity in research. TSV contributed to the preparation of the Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication.
Learn more about the initiative
Events
The Science Forum and the Night of Science bring research and researchers closer to the public. These events make science more accessible, strengthen dialogue between science and society, and provide opportunities to explore current research.
Tieteessä tapahtuu journal
Tieteessä tapahtuu is a science journal for readers who want to gain a deeper understanding of science and research. It covers research across different disciplines and current discussions about scientific research and its practices.