Open data

Most of our open data can be found in the Work-Life Knowledge service provided by us, which collects work life data from different sources and offers it for open use. The service is updated constantly.

The Work-Life Knowledge provides experts, the media, work life developers and other parties utilizing work life data with access to reliable, up-to-date data on Finnish work life.

The service includes

• data that can be viewed according to personal needs
• articles in which experts interpret and analyse data from a specific viewpoint.

At the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, we support the open availability and usability of research data. We participate in the development of Finnish open science through activities such as the National Co-ordination of Open Science.

We take into account the restrictions related to the opening of the data, including the ownership and access rights of the material as well as legislation. When opening research data, the protection of personal data must be ensured.

Where possible, we take the principle of open data into account in planning the study and in the collection of data. One way to ensure the protection of personal data is the anonymization of data

The open datasets of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health are licensed under the Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution licence, unless another licence is specified for a single dataset or source code package. CC 4.0 Attribution is the recommended licence for public administration in Finland.

When using the open datasets of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, please specify the name of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, the name of the dataset and the time when the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health has handed over the dataset (for example: contains the Finnish Register of Occupational Diseases of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health 05/2016). In addition, mention the scientific publication related to the data, if such is defined in the data.

We publish the results of the research carried out at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in publication channels with the greatest scientific impact. We aim to publish the results (articles) openly in the following ways:

• Publication in an Open Access journal (golden way principle).
• Publication as an Open Access article in a subscription journal (so-called hybrid publication).
• Parallel recording (unedited preprint version), for example, in the open publication archive of the administrative branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health when the article is published in a subscription journal (green way principle).