Open and free access to scientific research results is an important prerequisite for the development of knowledge, public society and business, and for a well-functioning democracy.
At the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, extensive research is conducted in areas of high relevance, both for professional environments and for the general public, and it is an objective to make the results of this research openly available to individuals, the public sector, business, and society.
The policy for open access to scientific publications at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences should be guiding and support the premises for publishing and open sharing of the research results produced by us.
Objective
NIH aims for all our scientific publications to be made openly available from the time of publication in line with national research policy goals and guidelines as they appear in:
- National goals and guidelines for open access to scientific articles
- Long-term plan for research and higher education 2023-2032. Meld. St. 5 (2022-2023)
- The Research Council's research policy and strategies: Open access to publications
The goal also meets the international principles and requirements for open access promoted in Plan S and through the cooperation in cOAlition S.
Principles for achieving the goal of open access to NIH's research
- Scientific publications from NIH are made immediately openly available at the time of publication. This can happen through publishing in open access channels (gold open access) or through making available in the National Knowledge Archive (NVA).
- Scientific publications are made available with an open license, which means that the work can be used in other contexts without having to pay for it or obtain permission from the author(s). It is a prerequisite that the author(s) are credited.
- NIH uses Rights Retention Strategy (RRS), a rights strategy that preserves and supports NIH's policy for open access to scientific publications.
- The library maintains routines and assists institutes, researchers and students with information and guidance in connection with open publishing, licensing, copyright, RRS etc.
Rights Strategy (RRS) at NIH
- Researchers at NIH are free to choose in which of the approved channels they publish their scientific articles.
- NIH has a non-exclusive right to make the works of employees and students affiliated with the institution available with a Creative Commons license.
- The NIH library makes the published articles openly available in the National Knowledge Archive (NVA).
For articles that are published openly by the publisher, with an open license, the published version will be made available with the same license as the publisher has used.
For articles that are not published openly, the author's accepted version (AAM) will be made available with a Creative Commons Attribution - CC BY license. - Employees and students can exempt individual articles from this practice by requesting exemptions. Applications for exemption need not be justified.
- Publishers are made aware that NIH uses RRS through our websites.
- The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, represented by the rector, is legally responsible for interpreting the rights strategy, and for resolving disputes around its interpretation and application.