Open Research Europe platform broadens eligibility to more than 2.5 million researchers

The open-access publishing platform Open Research Europe (ORE) entered a new phase on 02/11/2026, unveiling a revamped platform that expands open-access opportunities for more than 2.5 million researchers.

The platform has also broadened its eligibility criteria, allowing researchers affiliated with institutions in the 11 countries covered by ORE’s funders - Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland - to publish their research without fees, regardless of whether their work is funded nationally or at the European level.

Launched by the European Commission in 2021, ORE provided researchers funded through EU programmes with a free open-access publishing platform. During the first five years of its operation, the platform…