OPERAS welcomes NISER
We are glad to welcome NISER as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2026. The Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) is the foremost Socio-Economic Think Tank of the…
Kategorie: Open Access
OPERAS Annual Report 2025: Strengthening Open Scholarly Communication
The OPERAS Annual Report 2025 presents a year of growth, collaboration and progress towards a more open and sustainable scholarly communication ecosystem.
From OMP to DOAB, via Thoth: Open Collaboration to Amplify Slovenian OA Books
Reflections from the OPERAS Open Infrastructures for Open Access Books Working Group workshop held on May 20 as part of the OPERAS Conference 2026, Warsaw. Presentation slides are available via https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20432401
OPERAS welcomes TALOS
English version Greek version English version We are glad to welcome the TALOS Lab in AI4SSH of the University of Crete as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2026. The TALOS…
ORE Call for Scientific Advisors
Help shape the future of Open Research Europe: Join the Scientific Advisory Board As Open Research Europe (ORE) enters a new phase in autumn 2026, it has launched an open call for applications and…
OPERAS 2026 & SCIROS Conference: strengthening one network, many possibilities
The OPERAS 2026 & SCIROS Conference took place in Warsaw, Poland, from 18 to 21 May 2026, bringing together the OPERAS community and the SCIROS research network for four days of exchange, reflection, and collaboration.
EOSC Scholarly Commons Node: OPERAS and OpenAIRE recognised as candidate nodes of the EOSC Federation
OPERAS and OpenAIRE have been recognised as part of the second wave of candidate nodes joining the EOSC Federation, through the development of the EOSC Scholarly Commons Node. For OPERAS, this recognition represents an…
OPERAS joins European organisations in call to strengthen Open Science across the European Research Area
OPERAS has joined ALLEA, EIFL, IFLA, LIBER and SPARC Europe in issuing a joint statement on Open Science, in the context of the consultation on the European Research Area Act. Together, the six organisations represent thousands of European universities, research-performing organisations, libraries, scholarly infrastructures and academies of sciences and humanities.
OPERAS: A new home for cOAlition S
We are deeply honoured to announce that OPERAS was appointed as new Host Secretariat of cOAlitionS. OPERAS shares cOAlition S’ commitment to full and immediate Open Access and has a long-standing role in strengthening open scholarly communication in Europe through community building, policy coordination, and shared infrastructure.
OPERAS Prime: advancing OPERAS towards ERIC status
We are pleased to announce PRIME – Progressing the Research Infrastructure towards Maturity & ERIC Status, a new project that marks a decisive step in the consolidation of OPERAS as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).
OPERAS supporting outreach and engagement for Open Research Europe
Starting in the second half of 2026, ORE will enter a new pilot phase, operated by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and will be co-financed by a consortium of research funding and performing organisations, along with the European Commission. As part of this new phase, OPERAS Research Infrastructure will work in partnership with the ORE consortium to strengthen outreach and community engagement across Europe. OPERAS will contribute its expertise in multilingual, inclusive, and community-driven scholarly communication to help ensure that eligible researchers and institutions are aware of and able to benefit from the platform.
AEGIS-OA launches to advance sustainable Diamond Open Access publishing in Europe
AEGIS-OA (Activate European Guidance and Incentives for Sustainable Open Access publishing), a new EU-funded project under the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, officially kicked off on 19-20 March 2026 in Brussels. The project aims to strengthen a transparent, sustainable, and high-quality open access scholarly publishing ecosystem in Europe by building on and expanding the services of the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH), a program hosted by OPERAS.
Discoverability of francophone scientific content: release of the FrenchScienceCommons corpus
On the Week of the French Language and Francophonie (March 17-20), we are delighted to announce the publication of the FrenchScienceCommons corpus on Hugging Face. This open, structured corpus, entirely dedicated to scientific production…
OPERAS welcomes INRAE
English version French version English version We are pleased to welcome the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) as a new supporting member of the OPERAS community in 2026. As…
OPERAS welcomes INRAE
English version French version English version We are pleased to welcome the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) as a new supporting member of the OPERAS community in 2026. As…
OPERAS welcomes FMSH
English version French version English version We are glad to welcome the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2025. Founded in 1963, the…
OPERAS welcomes Masaryk University
English version Czech version English version We are glad to welcome Masaryk University, from the Czech Republic, as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2025. Masaryk University (MU) is a leading…
