Open Access Policy

Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration provides immediate open access to all its published content. Users do not need to register or pay to read content.

Authors of content published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration retain the copyright to their works.

Articles in Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration are published under the terms of a Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 license, which permits use, downloading, distribution, linking to and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Content in volumes 1- 20 was published without a Creative Commons license, and copyright was shared by authors and the School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg. Licensing and copyright information are indicated on each article’s landing page.

Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration does not charge any author or publication fees.

Authors are encouraged to deposit the final published version of their article for self-archiving (author's personal website) and/or archiving in an institutional repository  immediately upon publication.