OpenAIRE is a non-profit organization that supports open access and FAIR-compliant research data sharing by promoting open scholarship and improving the discoverability, accessibility, shareability, reusability, reproducibility, and monitoring of data-driven research outcomes globally. Through its European e-infrastructure, OpenAIRE offers a broad suite of public services designed to accelerate the adoption of Open Science, supported by a network of National Open Access Desks embedded within key institutions across European countries. Its service catalogue includes tools such as OpenAIRE EXPLORE, an open research search portal providing access to millions of interlinked scholarly outputs; OpenAIRE CONNECT, a customizable platform for institutions and research communities to manage and disseminate their research results; and OpenAIRE ScholeXplorer, which builds and maintains a graph of publication-data and data-data links to enhance research transparency and traceability. To support policy development, OpenAIRE offers a Toolkit for Policy Makers that provides resources to help align national Open Science and Open Access policies with EU standards. Core technical guidelines include the OpenAIRE Guidelines for Metadata, ensuring harmonization across repositories, and standards for linking datasets to publications to support reproducibility and responsible research practices.
OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe)
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Country | European Union |
Start date | 2018 |
Annual Budget | n/a |
Responsible organisation(s) | Academic cooperation |
Target group(s) | Researchers, data scientists, and data managers. |
Policy instrument type | technical standards & guidelines |
Established as a non-profit organization in 2018 after operating as an e-infrastructure for Open Scholarly Communication since 2009, OpenAIRE ensures its services remain free-at-the-point-of-use and is firmly committed to supporting the global transition to Open Science. Emphasizing a community-driven approach, OpenAIRE actively engages its members, content providers, and users through web conference calls, training bootcamps, and podcast series that foster collaboration, feedback, and knowledge exchange. Its governance model is rooted in transparency, inclusiveness, and shared responsibility, reinforcing its mission to build a sustainable, open, and participatory infrastructure for scholarly communication across Europe and beyond.
To develop and promote interoperability frameworks and open standards that facilitate seamless integration, discovery, and reuse of research outputs across repositories, infrastructures, and digital services globally.
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