Research will be categorized into six scientific fields: natural sciences, engineering and technology, medical sciences, agriculture and veterinary sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Each category comes with distinct guidelines for authors regarding the type and format of submissions.
The platform's core goal is to ensure complete transparency in scientific communication. Papers will be published directly after review by the ORE's Scientific Advisory Board, which consists of 25 experts from diverse scientific fields and career stages. Authors are encouraged to provide research data and detailed descriptions of their methodologies alongside their papers. The peer review process will be entirely open, allowing citation of all elements (including every version of a paper/review) individually. Each paper must undergo at least two reviews, and the criteria and guidelines for reviewers are meticulously outlined. Authors can respond to reviews with updated versions of their work or comments on the review. Papers successfully passing the review process will be indexed in selected bibliographic databases and deposited in chosen repositories upon ORE's official approval.
Published papers and reviews will be licensed under CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International) license, while datasets will be licensed under CCO (Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication) license. Proper citation can be achieved by clicking "Cite" next to the item in question (paper, review, dataset) or by following provided citation rules.
The platform will not display impact factors in an effort to shift emphasis from the journal/platform to the value of the published content. It will support certain metric methods for research, displaying factors like paper citations, views, downloads, social media shares, etc.
This approach to openness in science will enable scrutiny and reproducibility of the research itself, greatly contributing to the work of researchers, institutions, and society as a whole.
The European Commission has officially launched the Open Research Europe platform! The first submitted papers are already published, and the website showcases how the scientific community has embraced this new publishing venue.
