1. OpenAIRE & OA in H2020
Open Access Infrastructure for Research In Europe
Inge Van Nieuwerburgh
Gwen Franck

2. 1 2 3 Open Access Different options
Self-archiving in digital archive (repository)
Publish in Open Access Journal
Best practice: always self-archive an OA version of your work, regardless if and where you publish
What is OA?
Online, digital
Peer-reviewed research results
Freely accessible, ideally with re-use rights
Not plagiarism or violation of copyright !
Why OA?
Enhance visibility and impact of research
Speeds up publication process
Allows others to build on your work
Research paid for by public funds

3. OA policy development in H2020
A long time “in development”
July 2012: policy announced (Commission)
December 2013: Grant Agreement defines final, practical responsibilities for authors:
Immediate deposit
If embargoed, open at end of embargo period
‘Aim to deposit’ research data
DG Research Unit A6 (Science policy, foresight and data) instead of DG digital agenda Unit B7 (Science in Society)

4. OA policy development in H2020
Recommendation to member states July 2012
Member States to define policies for and implement:
OA to publications
OA to research data – taking into account data-specific concerns
Preservation and re-use of scientific information
E-infrastructures
Consistency between H2020 policy and MS policy
Multi-stakeholder dialogue
Structured co-ordination of MS at EU-level + reporting:
National Points of Reference (Belspo in Belgium)

5. OA policy development in H2020
The policy
Mandatory for peer-reviewed publications
‘Green’ OA mandate (repositories)
Publish as normal in subscription-based journals
Place author’s copy in OA repository
Permits payments from grants for OA journal publication: ‘Gold’ OA
Mute on monographs, but may be quite progressive on this in practice
Announcing an open data pilot for H2020

6. FP7 – H2020 ‘Green’ policy: ‘make best efforts…’
‘Green’ mandate (obligatory)
‘Gold’ payments eligible
Covers 20% of research (selected fields)
Covers 100% of research (all fields)
6/12 month embargoes
Mute on monographs
Nothing on Open Data
Open Data pilot

7. OA policy in H2020 Mandate for publications
Each beneficiary will be asked to ensure OA to all peer-reviewed scientific publications relating to its results:
Deposit a machine-readable copy of the published version or final peer-reviewed manuscript accepted for publication in a repository
"Aim to deposit" at the same time the research data needed to validate the results
Ensure OA on publication or at the latest within 6/12 months
Ensure OA to the bibliographic metadata that identify the deposited publication, via the repository
Both routes will be valid and complementary
Encouragement to authors to retain their copyright and grant adequate licences to publishers

8. OA policy in H2020 Pilot for Data
A limited pilot will ensure OA to some data, on a voluntary basis and with opt-out safeguards
Beneficiaries will accept to:
deposit in an open access repository:
the data, including associated metadata, needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications as soon as possible;
other data, including associated metadata, as specified and within the deadlines laid down in the data management plan;
provide information, via the repository, about tools and instruments at the disposal of the beneficiaries and necessary for validating the results (where possible, provide the tools and instruments).
Projects participating in the core areas of Horizon 2020 that are part of the Open Research Data Pilot:
Future and Emerging Technologies
Research infrastructures – part e-Infrastructures
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Information and Communication Technologies
Societal Challenge: Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy – part Smart cities and communities
Societal Challenge: Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw materials – with the exception of raw materials topics
Societal Challenge: Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies
Science with and for Society

9. Facilitating the Open Access policy of the European Commission
What is OpenAIRE?
Open Access Infrastructure for Research In Europe
Facilitating the Open Access policy of the European Commission
OpenAIRE = aims for the widest possible dissemination of and access to research output. Offers infrastructure, tools, information and helpdesk system.

10. OpenAIRE & Open Access Submit publication to journal of choice
Only a few steps towards Open Access through the OpenAIRE portal
Submit publication to journal of choice
OA = good! ( but not necessary )
Deposit open access version in repository
Almost all publishers allow this!
Embargo’s are allowed
OpenAIRE harvests publications from network
Makes them visible through OpenAIRE portal

11. What does OpenAIRE offer?1 2 3
Aids data providers
to make content more visible
to make Open Access a daily reality in knowledge management
to ensure interoperability with repositories, CRIS systems and project databases
Helps researchers to
share and archive research
maximize the use of their research output
comply with funder’s Open Access demands
linking publications to datasets
Assistance for
project coordinators
compliance with funder’s Open Access demands
reporting publication progress and research output
searching and compiling performance indicators for a project
linking publications to data

12. Project coordination: What does OpenAIRE offer?
What does OpenAIRE has to offer for project coördinators and managers?
OpenAIRE makes project reporting easier, by providing you with performance indicators such as usage statistics and tools
The possibility of linking research data to publications facilitates the re-use of research and allows for contextualizations
OpenAIRE helps your project to comply with funder’s Open Access demands
OpenAIRE also allows export of the publication data, which means that you can integrate automatically updated publication lists on your project websits
OpenAIRE provides you with performance indicators and reporting tools
Linking publications to Data to facilitate the re-use of research output and describe research in its context
OpenAIRE helps your project to comply with funders’ Open Access demands
View and export publication progress reports and integrate them in project website

13. Example of project on OpenAIRE
NEXPRES project

14. of research output easy!
OpenAIRE makes
LINKING & REPORTING
of research output easy!

15. Useful links www.openaire.eu www.zenodo.org www.openaccess.be
EC Guidelines on Open Access in H2020
Open Access Guidelines for researchers funded by the ERC

16. Thank you! Inge Van Nieuwerburgh Gwen Franck Questions?
Thank you!
Questions?