Open science – not only in a crisis - Open Access

For years, the SNSF and other organisations have been demanding open science as the new normal. The corona crisis drastically confirms the validity of this demand.

Just days after the Sars-CoV-2 virus was identified in China in January 2020, details of its structure were already available online to researchers around the world who were looking for a solution. Results and data were disseminated at lightning speed. In their race against the virus, researchers needed – and still need – to collaborate across borders and enjoy free access to knowledge.