🏆 Announcing the Sci-K 2026 @OpenAIREGraph Award winner! Congrats to Christoph Stade & Dexter Williams (@UWmadison) for winning the €300 prize at #SciK2026 in Bari! 🇮🇹 Their paper "Retraction without Traction" uses the OpenAIRE Graph to explore how open infrastructure can better handle retractions and track their ripple effects across citation networks. 🔗Read the winning paper: sci-k.github.io/2026/papers/… #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #ISWC2026 #OpenData

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A bot by Patrick Hochstenbach (@ugent) that names itself and obeys robots.txt visited 1,262 repositories in the OpenAIRE Graph. 44% let it in 20% of registered addresses go nowhere 15% have FAIR Signposting 🔗Read more: patrickhochstenbach.net/botf…

We are thrilled to announce the 10th OpenAIRE Open Science Train-the-Trainer Bootcamp! Designed specifically for librarians, data stewards, and research support professionals, this 5-day intensive course will give you the knowledge,pedagogy skills, and confidence to train others in Open Access, FAIR principles, and Research Data Management. Why apply? 🔹 Deep dive into EOSC, IPR, and handling tough questions (yes, even about AI). 🔹 Learn how to teach 🔹 Connect, collaborate, and share experiences with a global community of Open Science advocates via OpenPlato. 📅 7 - 11 December 2026 🚨 Spots available: Only 20 applicants will be selected! Apply by 07 November 2026: openaire.eu/10th-openaire-op… #OpenScience #OpenAccess #ResearchDataManagement #TrainTheTrainer #OpenAIRE #DataStewards

⏳If you're interested in learning more about your obligations as a Horizon Europe grant holder in terms of Open Access to publications and Research Data Management, we are here to solve your questions. Register now!

The @OpenAIREGraph is home to 390.4 M deduplicated research outputs. Quality isn't only about collecting data. It is about ensuring the information behind research intelligence can be trusted and reused. graph.openaire.eu/

91.2Mi #OpenAccess publications are represented in the #OpenAIREGraph. But measuring Open Access means understanding more than what's already open. By bringing together both open and closed-access #publications, the Graph helps support reliable monitoring of Open Access uptake. 🔗 Explore explore.openaire.eu/ #OpenAccessWeek

The #EOSCEUNode celebrates at EOSC Symposium its 2 years of operations with enhanced workflow tools, flexible access policies & more! 🔗 Read the recap: open-science-cloud.ec.europa…

Help EVERSE develop frameworks to assess and elevate the quality of research software across academia and industry! By sharing your perspective, you’ll directly help: 🔹Create common quality standards for industry-research collaborations 🔹Identify practical quality indicators that work in real-world commercial contexts 🔹Shape future European software frameworks 👉 Take the survey here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… #ResearchSoftware #OpenScience #SoftwareQuality #ISO #FAIRdata #EUResearch #TechInnovation #SoftwareEngineering

📢 CfP #IRCDL2027 – 23rd Conference on Information and Research Science Connecting to Digital and Library Science 📍 Pisa, Feb 25–26, 2027 Two tracks: CS Foundations for DLs & Digital Humanities 🗓️ Deadline: December 4, 2026 🔗 ircdl2027.isti.cnr.it/index.…

📢 CfP #IRCDL2027 – 23rd Conference on Information and Research Science Connecting to Digital and Library Science 📍 Pisa, Feb 25–26, 2027 Two tracks: CS Foundations for DLs & Digital Humanities 🗓️ Deadline: December 4, 2026 🔗 ircdl2027.isti.cnr.it/index.…

Happening now at #AIS26 in Dublin! OpenAIRE is leading the “Shaping the RAISE SRIA” workshop, bringing researchers, practitioners and policy experts together to discuss open and trustworthy AI for scientific research. The discussion is exploring key developments, emerging challenges and priorities for the RAISE Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. 🔗 raise4science.eu/workinggrou…

At #EOSCSymposium2026? Catch us at the #EOSCScholarlyCommonsNode booth! Learn about how the Node supports you throughout the full research publishing cycle, from #DataManagement and discovery, to peer review and #ResponsibleResearchAssessment. 🔗 Learn more about the node scholarlycommons.eu/home

📢 We have news! A new version of ARGOS is here! Join our next ARGOS Community Call to discuss: 🔹The new ARGOS features 🔹OpenCDMP Release 🔹and Community Call Changes 📆 28 OCT 2026 ⏰02:00 - 03:00pm 🔗openaire.eu/community/events…

Is Open Science worth the investment? Who pays to keep it open? For #OpenAccessWeek2026 and its theme, The Cost of Knowledge, join us to explore the costs, economic benefits and sustainable funding models for Open Science infrastructures, including the future of EOSC. 📅 21 October, 13:00–14:00 CEST 🔗 openaire.eu/understanding-th… #OpenScience #OpenAIRE #PathOS #EOSC

Celebrating 2 years of the #EOSCEUNode! 🔹 6k+ active users 🔹 190M+ discoverable research products 🔹 50k+ visitors 🔹 7.7M+ virtual credits used 🔹 2k+ research groups 🔹 27 national & thematic nodes supported 🔗 Learn more: open-science-cloud.ec.europa…

If you manage a repository or other research content source, this session is for you! Join our next PROVIDE Community Call for Content Providers to discover how the OpenAIRE Broker can automatically enrich repository records with metadata from the OpenAIRE Graph. What’s on the agenda? 🔹 An introduction to OpenAIRE Broker and how it works with DSpace 🔹 A live demo of a repository that has already integrated the service 🔹 A chance to share feedback and discuss service developments 📅 November 4th, 14:30 - 15:30 🔗 openaire.eu/community/events… #OpenAIRE #OpenScience #DSpace #ResearchRepositories #OpenAIREPROVIDE #ResearchInfrastructure

Attending the #EOSC Symposium 2026 in Florence? Join these two sessions to learn about the EOSC EU Node: 🔹 EOSC Federation: State of play 🔹 #EOSCEUNode: Advancing the federation through interoperability & integration with other EU flagships 🔗 open-science-cloud.ec.europa…

OpenAIRE and Free Knowledge Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the visibility and discoverability of African research and connect research sources to wider Open Science infrastructures. What will this mean in practice? 🔹Better-connected research 🔹Skills that make a difference 🔹Knowledge Exchange 🔗 Read more about the partnership: openaire.eu/free-knowledge-a… #OpenAIRE #FreeKnowledgeAfrica #AAKH #OpenScience #AfricanResearch #KnowledgeEquity