Open Research Europe: Innovations and Developments on the European Commission's open research platform

These slides were presented on 27 June 2023 at the Open Science Conference.

Abstract
In 2021, the European Commission launched Open Research Europe (ORE), a publishing platform in collaboration with F1000. ORE is an open access publishing platform for research resulting from Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe funding, covering all subjects in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, as well as social sciences, arts, and humanities. The platform utilises a post-publication peer-review model, offering an open and cost-effective publishing solution that supports open science practices and transparency in the publishing process.

ORE provides a broad range of metrics to measure the scientific and social impact of articles and offers information on their use and re-use. Furthermore, it enables researchers to comply with their funding requirements for immediate open access and open data, without any additional cost. Many of ORE's features and policies address key issues and challenges currently being discussed within the scholarly publishing ecosystem, as well as the open science movement in general. Such features include an array of innovative article types which enable authors to publish research throughout their project’s development. The open peer review model facilitates constructive discussion and greater transparency between author, reviewer, and reader.

Since the platform's launch, there have been numerous changes, which this session aims to cover. The session will also report on the growth of the platform’s use, the number of published article types by research area, as well as the geographical spread of authors. Whether it's your first-time hearing about ORE or you think you're already familiar with it, come and learn about recent developments to the publishing platform and what the future holds. This session aims to provide an overview of the publishing model offered by ORE and promote discussion around its various elements and their effectiveness in solving current issues with the publishing system.