On 30 June 2025, Wellcome became the first UK-based research funder to sign the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
We are excited to announce the launch of the Barcelona Declaration YouTube Channel| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
National networks As the Barcelona Declaration is being adopted by organizations around the world, some signatories have begun coordinating at the national level. These national networks serve as spaces for shared learning, joint implementation, and local adaptation of the Declaration’s commitments. If you are part of a national network aligned with the Barcelona Declaration and would like to be listed here, feel free to email us at contact@barcelona-declaration.org. Also, feel free to reac...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Setting the Course for Open Research in Italy| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
A national workshop in Milan shows how distributed expertise and collaborative work can drive systemic change.| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
We are excited to share the Report of the Bologna Meeting on Open Research Information, capturing key outcomes and highlighting progress, priorities, and next steps for the Barcelona Declaration working groups.| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Bologna Meeting on Open Research Information - Programme The Bologna Meeting on Open Research Information took place on May 28th, 2025 at the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy in the context of the 5th Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata (WOOC2025). Programme WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 Bologna Meeting on Open Research Information 9:30 Registration 10:00 Official welcome by Unibo - Raffaella Campaner, Vice Rector for International RelationsWelcome, housekeeping 10:15 Barcelona De...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
We are excited to welcome Bárbara Rivera López as community manager for the Barcelona Declaration.| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Barcelona Declaration Working Groups Update May 2025 The Barcelona Declaration working groups were established to promote collective action around the transition to open research information. The Barcelona Declaration calls upon organizations performing, funding and evaluating research to move towards open research information. In many areas, true progress requires collaboration and collective work to overcome barriers. Such actions also often involve collaboration with organizations providin...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
California Digital Library (CDL) represents the first research performing organization from the United States to sign the Barcelona Declaration.| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
One year ago, on April 16, 2024, the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information was launched. In this post, we want to highlight a number developments during this past year.| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Are you interested in discussing the role of libraries in the Barcelona Declaration? The German signatories look forward to meeting you in Bremen at the largest library convention in Germany.| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Vacancy - Community Manager --- This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the successful realization of the Barcelona Declaration’s vision by fostering collaboration, driving progress, and ensuring effective implementation of its road map. Reporting to: Executive Director of the Barcelona Declaration Remuneration and terms: Depending on the candidate’s level of experience, location and local laws, this will be an annually-renewing contract for a three-year project, at approxi...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
We are excited to announce a vacancy for a community manager for the Barcelona Declaration. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the successful realization of the Barcelona Declaration’s vision by fostering collaboration, driving progress, and ensuring effective implementation of its road map.| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
The key to success in the goals of the Barcelona Declaration will be in effectively and efficiently coordinating collective actions and dissemination and outreach activities. To do this in a well-organized and transparent way requires setting up support structures and governance mechanisms, and securing the necessary resources to support these activities. We are excited to share a number of important updates on these issues.| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Road map on Open Research Information At the Paris Conference on Open Research Information in September 2024, signatories and supporters of the Barcelona Declaration formulated and prioritized concrete actions on the following topics: Journal article metadata Metadata for research outputs in institutional repositories, preprint repositories and data repositories Funding metadata Replacing closed systems for research information Sustainability of infrastructures Evaluating open data Evidence o...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Workshop on Open Citations & Open Scholarly Metadata 2025 The Workshop on Open Citations & Open Scholarly Metadata 2025 (WOOC 2025) will take place on May 28-29, 2025 at the University of Bologna, Italy. Full information on the workshop is available at https://workshop-oc.github.io/. The Workshop We invite to the Workshop Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata (WOOC) researchers, scholarly publishers, funders, policy makers, institutions, and open citations advocates, interested in the widespr...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Paris Conference on Open Research Information The Paris Conference on Open Research Information took place on September 23-24, 2024 at Sorbonne University, Paris. Aims of the conference In September of 2024 signatories, supporters and parties interested in the Barcelona Declaration met at Sorbonne University in Paris to discuss next steps in taking the agenda of the Declaration forward. In a two day hybrid in-person and online meeting, participants shared progress and challenges of advancing ...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Paris Conference on Open Research Information Abstracts Abstracts of all presentations on Day 1 of the Paris Conference on Open Research Information. Presenters are indicated with an asterisk. The first day of the conference featured in person and online talks about open research information by signatories and supporters of the Barcelona Declaration. Many of the presentation slides of Day 1 are also available in a collection on Zenodo. Session 1: Universities - policies Research Information f...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Paris Conference on Open Research Information Programme The Paris Conference on Open Research Information took place on September 23-24, 2024 at Sorbonne University, Paris. The detailed conference programme is available for download. Day 1 10:00-17:30 CEST The first day of the conference featured in person and online talks about open research information by signatories and supporters of the Barcelona Declaration. Below you can find an overview of these presentations. A list of all abstracts i...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
About The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information was prepared by a group of over 25 research information experts, representing organizations that carry out, fund, and evaluate research, as well as organizations that provide research information infrastructures. The group met in Barcelona in November 2023 in a workshop hosted by SIRIS Foundation. The preparation of the Declaration was coordinated by Bianca Kramer (Sesame Open Science), Cameron Neylon (Curtin Open Knowledge Initiati...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Background and context Closed research information leads to black-box decision making Too often, decision making in science is based on closed research information. Information is locked inside proprietary infrastructures run by for-profit providers that impose severe restrictions on the use and reuse of the information. Errors, gaps, and biases in closed research information are difficult to expose and even more difficult to fix. Indicators and analytics derived from this information lack tr...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Definitions Research information By research information we mean information (sometimes referred to as metadata) relating to the conduct and communication of research. This includes, but is not limited to, (1) bibliographic metadata such as titles, abstracts, references, author data, affiliation data, and data on publication venues, (2) metadata on research software, research data, samples, and instruments, (3) information on funding and grants, and (4) information on organizations and resear...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
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Media Coverage and Commentary Media coverage Media coverage of the Declaration. NewsTank: Science ouverte - pourquoi Sorbonne Université adhère à la Déclaration de Barcelone (N. Drach-Temam) (paywall) Science: Researchers need ‘open’ bibliographic databases, new declaration says El Pais: El CSIC y medio centenar de organizaciones rechazan las bases de datos privadas que condicionan la ciencia mundial Newstank: Une ‘Déclaration de Barcelone’ pour faire de l’ouverture des informa...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Preamble Vast amounts of information are being used to manage the research enterprise, from information about research actors and their activities to information about inputs and outputs in the research process and signals of the use, esteem, and societal impact of research. This information often plays a vital role in the distribution of resources and the evaluation of researchers and institutions. Research performing and research funding organizations use this information to set strategic p...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Resources Social media and image resources for signatories and supporters are linked from this page. Commitments Images containing the commitments Quotations Quotes from signatories on the reasons for signing the Barcelona Declaration Whys Images including some of the reasons for adoption of the Barcelona Declaration We signed Images for signatories of the Barcelona Declaration We support Images for supporters of the Barcelona Declaration Infographic The infographic describing Open Research I...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Organizations that wish to sign the Declaration are welcome to reach out to contact@barcelona-declaration.org. Signatories Organizations performing, funding or evaluating research Universities and other research performing organizations Aix-Marseille Université (France) Athena Research Center (Greece) Charles University (Czech Republic) Coimbra Group (international) Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) Galicia Supercomputing Center (Spain) Hamburg University of Technology (Germany) H...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
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Translations The official text of the Barcelona Declaration is in English, but the Declaration has also been translated in the following languages:'. Català 中文 (简体) 中文 (繁体) Deutsch Español Français Ελληνικά Italiano українська мова русский Coming soon: Croatian Polish Portuguese Swedish If you are interested in contributing a translation, please contact us at contact@barcelona-declaration.org. ← Signatories Media and commentary →| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Commitments 1 We will make openness the default for the research information we use and produce Openness will be the norm for the research information we use, for instance to assess researchers and institutions, to support strategic decision making, and to find relevant research outputs. Openness will be the norm for the research information we produce, for instance information about our activities and outputs, with an exception for information for which openness would be inappropriate (‘as...| Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information