Open Research Europe is the European Commission’s publishing Platform, providing all Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe and Euratom beneficiaries and their researchers with the option of an easy, high quality peer-reviewed venue to publish their papers open access, at no cost to them (no author fees), and in full compliance with the European Commission’s open access policies. Currently, Open Research Europe publishes articles in the English language only. Articles are published under a CC-BY license for publications and a CC-0 license for data. Publications are public within a few days of submission, followed by an open peer review process.
Open Research Europe
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Country | European Union |
Start date | 2021 |
Annual Budget | n/a |
Responsible organisation(s) | Government agency |
Target group(s) | Researchers and Research organisations (public or private) participating in Research Programmes funded by the European Commission across all disciplines. Only articles resulting from research funded by European research grants Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe are admissible. |
Policy instrument type | scholarly publishing platform |
A scoping report, published in September 2024, presents a transformative vision for ORE, evolving it into a collectively supported service for the public good. The report outlines plans for a sustainable and robust platform, including the organization of workshops and webinars to introduce the platform to relevant stakeholders and provide training.
With Open Research Europe, the Commission aims to:
Provide a high-quality service that meets general and discipline-specific standards of scientific publishing.
Reinforce its position as a funder that leads by example in operationalizing open science.
Encourage technology-enabled innovation in scholarly communication.
Support the integrity and transparency of the research process and reproducibility of research.
Contribute towards transparency and cost effectiveness in scientific publishing, as well as towards the exploration of sustainable open access business models.
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