Identifierade brister i spårbarheten hos forskningsdatapubliceringar i Sverige
Other - Bristanalys i broschyrformat, 2026
Formal publication of research data is a central component of the transition to open science, regardless of whether it takes the form of open data or data publications with access restrictions. Sweden has been tasked with transitioning to open science practices with 2026 as a set deadline. Since 2022, Swedish governmental agencies, including research performing organisations, are also required by law to list and publish information about all data that is published.
The question about what research data is actually published in Sweden is difficult to answer – partly because there is a lack of effective methods for tracking and following up on such publications.
Follow-up is made more difficult by, among other things, shortcomings in the specified metadata for organisational affiliations and content classification. It is also complicated by differences in research output reporting, locally as well as nationally.
To achieve better traceability of research data publications, improvements are required in national coordination efforts and technical infrastructures as well as in incentives.
We identify some of the most significant obstacles and point out possible ways forward.
The question about what research data is actually published in Sweden is difficult to answer – partly because there is a lack of effective methods for tracking and following up on such publications.
Follow-up is made more difficult by, among other things, shortcomings in the specified metadata for organisational affiliations and content classification. It is also complicated by differences in research output reporting, locally as well as nationally.
To achieve better traceability of research data publications, improvements are required in national coordination efforts and technical infrastructures as well as in incentives.
We identify some of the most significant obstacles and point out possible ways forward.
traceability
openness
citation analysis
open access publishing
metadata/standards
citation
science administration
institutions of higher education
bibliographic control
research catalogues
data citation
data publication
open science
semantic web
data management
bibliometrics
research data
research activity
open data
research institutes
Information retrieval systems
persistent identifiers
scientometrics
universities/organisation & administration
electronic publishing
research policy
Creator
Urban Andersson
Chalmers, Communication and Learning in Science, Operational support
Therese Tikkanen
Chalmers, Communication and Learning in Science, Information Resources and Scientific Publishing
Lina Andrén
Mattias Vesterlund
André Jernung
Stina Johansson
Chalmers, Communication and Learning in Science, Information Resources and Scientific Publishing
Olof Olsson
Traceable research data: methods and recommendations for increased traceability and visibility for Swedish data publications
Swedish National Data Service (SND), 2025-01-01 -- 2025-12-31.
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Information Systems
Information Studies
Infrastructure
Chalmers e-Commons (incl. C3SE, 2020-)
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.19083502
Related datasets
Data from a survey on the traceability of published datasets created at Swedish research institutions [dataset]
DOI: 10.71870/5f35-mc67