Open access in Austria

Open access to scholarly communication in Austria has developed in the 2010s largely through government initiatives. The Austrian Science Fund and Universities Austria [de] launched the "Open Access Netzwerk Austria" in 2012 to coordinate country-wide efforts. The "E-Infrastructures Austria" project began in 2014 to develop repositories. The international advocacy effort "OpenscienceASAP – Open Science as a Practice" is based in Austria.

There are a number of collections of scholarship in Austria housed in digital open access repositories. They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are free to read.

Key events in the development of open access in Austria include the following:

• 2007
  • June: International Conference on Electronic Publishing held in Vienna.
• 2012
  • Open Access Netzwerk Austria established.
• 2014
  • E-Infrastructures Austria begins.

• Internet in Austria
• Education in Austria
• Media of Austria
• List of libraries in Austria
• Open access in other countries

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• "Austria". Global Open Access Portal. UNESCO.
• "Browse by Country: Europe: Austria". Registry of Open Access Repositories. UK.
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• Peter Suber (ed.). "(Austria)". Open Access Tracking Project. Harvard University. OCLC 1040261573. News and comment from the worldwide movement for open access to research
• "Browse by Country: Austria". ROARMAP: Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies. UK: University of Southampton.