FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences

FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences

The Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences is a national research infrastructure, created in 2008. FORS is financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the University of Lausanne. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences, Switzerland, covering academic research published from 2002 to 2024. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

77%


Total
Publications

1K


Total Open
Publications

778


Total
Citations

26K


Open Access
Percentage

77%


Total
Publications

1K


Total Open
Publications

778


Total
Citations

26K

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

15% 47% 13% 25%

Publisher Open

15%

Both

47%

Other Platform Open

13%

Closed

25%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

0102030405060708090100110120130Total Publications
20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

41%OA Journal

OA Journal 41%

239

Hybrid 40%

232

No Guarantees 19%

114

Other Platform Open

Institution 70%

415

Domain 47%

279

Other Internet 19%

115

Preprint 5%

27

Public 1%

8

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
278
Université de Lausanne - SERVAL
Institution
196
DOI
Other Internet
96
University of Geneva - Archive ouverte UNIGE
Institution
59
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
55
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
30
University of Madeira - Digituma
Institution
24
Tilburg University - Research portal
Institution
20
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC - DIGITAL.CSIC)
Institution
19
OSF Preprints - Arabixiv
Preprint
16
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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