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 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

80%


Total
Publications

1.4K


Total Open
Publications

1.1K


Total
Citations

36K


Open Access
Percentage

80%


Total
Publications

1.4K


Total Open
Publications

1.1K


Total
Citations

36K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

9% 54% 16% 21%

Publisher Open

9%

Both

54%

Other Platform Open

16%

Closed

21%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

020406080100120140Total Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

41%OA Journal

OA Journal 41%

352

Hybrid 42%

353

No Guarantees 17%

145

Other Platform Open

Institution 84%

808

Domain 39%

371

Other Internet 17%

164

Preprint 7%

65

Public 2%

21

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
374
unil.ch OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
295
University of Geneva
Institution
284
Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece
Institution
271
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
239
DOI
Other Internet
109
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
72
uma.pt OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
53
Tilburg University
Institution
39
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Institution
37
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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