Category: Announcements
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Global Report on Data Preservation in HEP published
Global Report on Data Preservation in HEP published As a result of the 5h DPHEP workshop in May 2026, the DPHEP (Data Preservation in High Energy Physics) collaboration has published a report on the advances in data preservation within the global HEP community. The report covers three areas: In the first area, experiments report on their
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SCOAP3 successfully concludes second evaluation period of Open Science Elements
SCOAP3 successfully concludes second evaluation period of Open Science Elements We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2026 Open Science Elements evaluation results, the second iteration of this assessment for SCOAP3 Phase 4. This annual evaluation measures the performance of SCOAP3 publishers across a range of Open Science practices, including persistent identifier integration
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CERN to host Europe’s flagship open-access publishing platform
CERN to host Europe’s flagship open-access publishing platform CERN has been selected to host Open Research Europe (ORE), a diamond open access publishing platform supported by the European Commission and a new funding consortium of national research funders from 11 European countries. Built on open-source software and following a transparent Publish–Review–Curate model, the platform will expand
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SIS Websites Relaunch
SIS Websites Relaunch Exciting News! With the new structure, the different SIS services now also have polished new websites. Check them out! Archives Library Open Science
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UNESCO Open Science Outlook launched at CERN
UNESCO Open Science Outlook launched at CERN Eleven countries have introduced open science policies, strategies and legislative frameworks since the adoption of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science two years ago, according to the UNESCO Open Science Outlook 1: Status and Trends Around the World. This means that the total number of countries with open
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CERN launches Open Source Programme Office
CERN launches Open Source Programme Office CERN launches its Open Source Program Office to help you with the release of your software and hardware designs Have you ever considered making your software or hardware designs publicly available? Sharing your work with collaborators in research and industry has many advantages, but it may also present some
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OS Policy: Implementation Plan released
Open Science Policy: Implementation Plan released Today, the CERN Open Science Strategy Working Group has released the first version of the implementation plan that specifies concrete measures how to implement the CERN Open Science Policy, released on October 1st 2022. The implementation plan will be regularly updated to reflect organisational changes, updated priorities and new
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ICRC & CERN: open source technologies for humanitarian action
ICRC & CERN: open source technologies for humanitarian action On March 24th, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives from its Delegation for Cyberspace came to CERN for the first in a series of knowledge-sharing sessions on using free and open source technologies to support the vital humanitarian work they carry out across the
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CERN supports Open Access publishing for books
CERN supports Open Access publishing for books Ever since the open access (OA) publication of peer-reviewed primary research articles from CERN authors was made a policy requirement in 2014, CERN has made great strides forward in opening its research to anyone around the world. This has been achieved thanks to a variety of mechanisms implemented