Open Research Europe (ORE) is an open access publishing platform established in 2021 by the European Commission to support researchers funded by the European Commission. The platform provides a venue for publishing research outputs in an open, transparent manner with open peer review. It aims to accelerate scientific communication and ensure publicly funded research is freely accessible, at no cost for readers or authors.
2026 will be the year of a significant evolution of the platform. This new phase expands ORE beyond its original European Commission funding model to become a collective effort supported by 16 national funders and research institutions across Europe, alongside continued European Commission involvement. ORE will operate under a collective governance structure in which the Funders' Group oversees the operation of ORE as the publishing service, supported by an Executive Committee and a Scientific Advisory Board.
The new version of ORE will maintain the platform's core commitment to open access and open peer review while broadening its publishing eligibility, which will expand beyond European Commission-funded researchers, making the platform accessible to a wider research community.
CERN will serve as the operating and hosting organization, providing the technical, operational, and administrative infrastructure necessary for the platform's daily management.
CERN, the European Commission, and the ORE funders unveil the framework for the new Open Research Platform, marking the beginning of a new phase. 2026 will be a year of transition toward full adoption of the new platform.
CERN and the participating funders have signed two agreements establishing the framework for the new ORE. A Performance and Financing agreement defines the concrete operating tasks of CERN, while the Collaboration Agreement establishes the Funders’ Group as the governing organisation.
In December 2025, the CERN Council approved CERN’s role as the hosting and operating organisation for Open Research Europe (ORE), a non-profit, open access scientific publishing platform initiated by the European Commission.
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