Completed
Platform
FORBEROSE
Settling the international encyclopaedia of anthropology history Bérose in the landscape of open science
Consolidating, search-engine optimizing and future proofing the content of the international encyclopaedia of anthropology history Bérose.
Point of contact
christine.lauriere@cnrs.fr
Project in brief
Leading establishment
Cergy Paris Université
Partner(s)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Funding recipient(s)
Cergy Paris Université
Project duration
49 mois
Funding
80 000,00 €
Components of the projet
- Improve and consolidate content SEO, visibility and indexing.
- Reinforce the quality and interoperability of metadata, and implement FAIR principles.
- Strengthen, modernize and standardize our open digital publishing capabilities.
Major resuts
- Bérose is now institutionally supported by the CNRS and the Ministry of Culture, which act as Bérose’s publishers. The CNRS SHS recognises Bérose as a ‘digital humanities product’ and a key, viable and sustainable player within its disciplinary field. Bérose will be formally incorporated into the framework research agreement between the CNRS and the Ministry of Culture in 2025. Some of Bérose’s research and publications are carried out within the framework of the Ministry of Culture’s research policy.
- Significant increase in website traffic: 140,000 visits in 2023; 432,000 in 2024.
- Participation in the closing discussion of the CNRS SHS ANF on “Transforming scholarly publishing in the social sciences and humanities”, 4 December 2025.
