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

78%


Total
Publications

1K


Total Open
Publications

793


Total
Citations

24K


Open Access
Percentage

78%


Total
Publications

1K


Total Open
Publications

793


Total
Citations

24K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

11% 53% 12% 24%

Publisher Open

11%

Both

53%

Other Platform Open

12%

Closed

24%

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

39%OA Journal

OA Journal 39%

238

Hybrid 42%

251

No Guarantees 19%

113

Other Platform Open

Institution 83%

543

Domain 42%

278

Other Internet 16%

105

Preprint 4%

27

Public 1%

9

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
276
University of Geneva - Archive ouverte UNIGE
Institution
215
Université de Lausanne - SERVAL
Institution
204
DOI
Other Internet
74
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
55
University of Madeira - Digituma
Institution
47
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
33
University of Bern - Bern Open Repository and Information System
Institution
28
Tilburg University - Research portal
Institution
23
University of Lisbon - Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
Institution
22
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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