Open science and research

National Declaration, Policies and Recommendations of Open Science and Reasearch

The open science declaration provides a common direction for and outlines a vision, where open science and research are seamlessly integrated in researchers' everyday work. The joint mission is to promote openness as a fundamental value of science, to strengthen the relevance of research in society and to increase the mobility and impact of research. Open science policies and recommendations define directions with publications, data and methods, scholarship and learning.

Declaration for Open Science and Research 2020 - 2025

The Finnish research community has jointly created a Declaration for Open Science and Research. The declaration was approved in 2019. Aalto University has signed the declaration.

The declaration provides a common direction for the development of the research community and defines four strategic objectives that specify how openness will become part of the daily life of researchers and scientists. The goals are defined by the research community for:

research culture
open access to research publications,
open access to research data and methods; and
open education and educational resources as promoted by the research community.

By agreeing to clear common principles and practices to promote open science and research, the research community has created a space where science and research can remain independent of external influences.

The declaration is also the joint response of the Finnish research community to international open science and research policies. International developments affect the Finnish research community in various international organizations and activities.

Policies of Open Science and Research in Finland

Policies of open science and research in Finland outline in detail the strategic principles, objectives and action plans necessary to achieve the objectives set out in the Declaration for Open Science and Research.

The policies are and will be drafted for four areas: culture for open scholarship, open access to scholarly publications, open access of research data and methods, and open education and open access to educational resources.

Policy for Open Scholarship

Recommendations of Open Science and Research in Finland

Here are a list of recommendations created in Finnish Open science coordination and a links to those recommendations that have been translated in English.

Recommendations on Open Scholarship

Good practice in researcher evaluation. Recommendation for the responsible evaluation of a researcher in Finland (2020)
National recommendation on the responsible use of publication metrics (2020)

Recommendations on Open access to research data and methods

The use of Persistent Identifiers for Research Datasets (2019)
Ownership and licencing of research data (2019)
Additional instructions for planning the management of sensitive and confidential data (2019)

Recommendations on Open Access to scholarly publications

Guidelines to scholarly publishers for creation of responsible datapolicy (2020)
Guidelines to researchers and scholarly publishers for open licensing (2020)
Recommendations on Open Access to scholarly publications for research organisations (2020)
In development: Recommendations for funders
In development: Recommendations on technologies and technical issues

Recommendations on Open Education

Recommendation for publishing open educational resources (2020)

National Open Scholarship Policy

Finland is one of the first countries to publish an open scholarship policy in 2022. The policy includes, among others, recommendations for citizen science (in Finnish, will be published in English later) and business collaboration (in Finnish, will be published in English later).

Citizen Science

Citizen science and citizens’ participation have developed as models of scientific research conducted by non-professional scientists, following scientifically valid methodologies and frequently carried out in association with professional scientists with web-based platforms and social media.