The research information landscape requires fundamental change. The signatories of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information commit to taking a lead in transforming the way research information is used and produced. Openness of information about the conduct and communication of research must be the new norm.

The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities was published on 22 October 2003 in English. It is one of the milestones of the Open Access movement. The wording of the English version shall prevail.

The original Declaration and guidelines to make research free and available to anyone with internet access and promote advances in the sciences, medicine, and health.

Creative Commons (CC) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to helping build and sustain a thriving commons of shared knowledge and culture. Creative Commons provides CC licenses and public domain tools that give every person and organization in the world a free, simple, and standardized way to grant copyright permissions for creative and academic works; ensure proper attribution; and enable others to copy, distribute, and make use of those works

The ambition of EOSC Beyond is to support the growth of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) in terms of integrated providers and active users by providing new EOSC Core technical solutions that allow developers of scientific application environments to easily compose a diverse portfolio of EOSC Resources, offering them as integrated capabilities to researchers. Funded by the European Union.

EOSC Future is an EU-funded H2020 project that is implementing the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). EOSC will give European researchers access to a wide web of FAIR data and related services. Co-funded by the European Union.

The glossary lists and briefly explains basic open-access-related terms used on the website open-access.network.

The project open-access.network, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), is creating a new information and networking offering that will activate and transregionally connect existing initiatives and sustainably improve exchange within science on open access. Information on open access will be available in a transdisciplinary, centralised, and reliable way.

Showing output counts, number and percentage of accessible outputs published between 2000 and 2024. You can sort and filter by region, subregion, number of publications (default filter is 1000 publications), and open access levels. You may also search for a specific country in the search bar at the top right.

OpenAIRE is a Non-Profit Partnership of 50 organisations, established in 2018 as a legal entity, OpenAIRE A.M.K.E, to ensure a permanent open scholarly communication infrastructure to support European research. OpenAIRE has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.

The ODI is a non-profit company that aims to build a world where data works for everyone.

MOOC traditionally stands for ‘Massively Open Online Course’. However, we feel that we are more like a community than a course, so consider the C to stand for all of us.

PathOS is a Horizon Europe project aiming to collect concrete evidence of Open Science effects, study the pathways of Open Science practices, from input to output, outcome and impact, including the consideration of enabling factors and key barriers. Funded by the European Union.

The RDA’s mission is to build the social and technical bridges that enable that vision, accomplished through the creation, adoption and use of the social, organisational, and technical infrastructure needed to reduce barriers to data sharing and exchange. Scientists & researchers join forces with technical experts in focused Working Groups, exploratory Interest Groups and Communities of Practice. Individual membership is free and open to all.

SPARC is a non-profit advocacy organization that supports systems for research and education that are open by default and equitable by design. We believe everyone should be able to access and contribute to the knowledge that shapes our world.