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OPERAS supporting outreach and engagement for Open Research Europe

Open Research Europe (ORE) was launched by the European Commission in 2021 to offer an open access publishing platform for EU-funded research, ensuring high-quality, transparent publication processes. Since its inception and launch, ORE has provided researchers with an alternative publishing venue without author-facing fees that is focused on immediate publication of their outputs followed by quality assurance through open peer review. 

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.

We are delighted to partner with CERN to make ORE into an equitable, community-driven platform where Diamond OA communities wishing to practice the Publish-Review-Curate model can find a home.

Pierre Mounier & Johan Rooryck, co-coordinators EDCH

The platform’s Publish–Review–Curate model, which enables rapid dissemination alongside transparent and open peer review, reflects a growing shift toward more rigorous and accountable publishing practices. OPERAS is committed to promoting these practices through training, communication, and community engagement activities that help researchers understand and adopt innovative publishing workflows.

Through its collaboration with CERN, the European Commission, and national funders, OPERAS aims to help ORE reach a broad and diverse author community, foster trust in open publishing, and contribute to a more resilient, non-commercial scholarly communication landscape in Europe and beyond.

Reflections from the Open Research Europe Launch event

The official launch of Open Research Europe (ORE) took place on 26–27th March at the headquarters of CERN in Geneva, bringing together representatives from the European Commission, research funding organisations, European institutions, infrastructure providers, and the research community.

The programme featured a series of talks focused on the future of the platform, offering perspectives from both funders and researchers. Discussions explored key questions for ORE’s next phase, including how to drive adoption across diverse research communities, how to position transparency as a marker of excellence, and how to balance the needs of different disciplines within a single publishing infrastructure.

ORE now enters a new phase of collective ownership and shared responsibility. It demonstrates that Europe can build and sustain its own public research infrastructure aligned with our shared values and resilient against market concentration and escalating costs that too often amplify divides

Marc Lemaître, Director-General DG RTD

Overall, the event highlighted the shared commitment among European stakeholders to build a more open, transparent, and community-led scholarly publishing system.


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OPERAS Editorial Team (March 30, 2026). OPERAS supporting outreach and engagement for Open Research Europe. OPERAS. Retrieved April 11, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/15z1k


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