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Japan adopts France’s Open Science Monitor model

Japan launches today its Open Science Monitor inspired by the French model, to measure the adoption of open science practices in Japan. The result of a fruitful Franco-Japanese collaboration, this initiative confirms…

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News from the Committee Le 31/03/2026

The indexing of French journals is monitored in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Mir@bel works on sharing information on journals and their access in online databases. This network of institutions was set up in response to the need for information on online journals, particularly in French. The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)…

Watch Le 30/03/2026

Discovering the Diamond Discovery Hub: structuring and promoting Diamond open access

30The Diamond route publishing route involves open-access journals that do not charge authors publication fees. These costs are covered in advance by public funding or other mechanisms like ‘subscribe to open’ or freemium[1]https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/category/science-ouverte/glossaire/#grp-M). Although the Diamond ecosystem is increasingly recognised,…

News from the Committee Le 26/03/2026

A major development for Open Research Europe (ORE) – a free-to-publish platform based on open peer review

In January 2025, ten European funding agencies and research organisations, including the French National Research Agency (ANR), signed a declaration of intent[1]https://zenodo.org/records/14624287 to collectively support Open Research Europe (ORE). ORE was launched in 2021 by the European Commission and is…