Open Science at the Scuola Normale

As of June 1st, 2020, the Scuola Normale Superiore has adopted the regulation on open access to scientific literature, according to which the lecturers and researchers of the Scuola Normale Superiore are required to deposit publicly funded publications in the IRIS research institutional repository and make them accessible to open access, where permitted.

As of October 1st, 2025, the Scuola has adopted a regulation for the FAIR management of research data, aimed at establishing a support framework for research data management in line with the principles of Open Science and international best practices for their collection, archiving, and preservation.

For information on

• possibilities of open access publication
• the management of research data and the creation of Data Management Plan
• constraints related to open access/FAIR data by external lenders
• research evaluation
• Copyright

write to svr@sns.it.

For support for filing in the IRIS research catalogue, write to iris@sns.it.

IRIS STAFF: Barbara Allegranti, Arianna Andrei, Stefano Bonanni, Alessandro Cignoni, Cristina De Ranieri, Elisa Fiocchi, Daniele Marotta, Caterina Misuraca, Elisa Panicucci, Donatella Tamagno, Marco Tomassini, Chiara Vichi