GoKawiilEuropean funders expand Open Research Europe publishing platform
The European Commission will launch an expanded version of its Open Research Europe platform by early November, adding funders from 11 countries including Germany's DFG and the Swiss National Science Foundation, plus research organizations such as France's CNRS. The platform, which publishes preprints alongside open peer reviews before flagging them as reviewed, will now offer free editorial services to more than 2.5 million researchers and has published around 1,500 articles since its 2021 launch.
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The expansion signals growing institutional backing in Europe for open, preprint-based publishing models that bypass traditional journal gatekeeping. Metascientist Mario Malički suggests that while the model eases publishing burdens and costs for researchers and funders, scaling it raises questions about who oversees quality checks and curation decisions. The €16 million budget through 2030, mostly funded by the European Commission, could shape how sustainable and influential this alternative publishing system becomes.
- Open Research Europe's expanded platform launches by early November, backed by funders from 11 countries.
- Over 2.5 million researchers gain free access to full editorial services under the 'publish, review, curate' model.
- The project has a €16 million budget through 2030, with CERN hosting and operating the platform.
Source: nature.com — Else, 2026-10-28
Published there as: “Preprint-centric publishing model gets major boost”
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