Report: “French Ministry of Higher Education and Research Partners with OpenAlex to Develop a Fully Open Bibliographic Tool”

From Ouvir la Science/ French Committee for Open Science:

Last December, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) established a multi-year partnership with OpenAlex. The partnership project between MESR and OpenAlex, part of the Second National Plan for Open Science from 2021, underlines the importance for France of participating on an international scale in the construction of the global open science landscape.

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As part of this partnership with OpenAlex, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research is committed to working closely with OpenAlex. In addition to making a financial contribution to the operation of OpenAlex, which is seen as a crucial open science infrastructure, France will play a key role in helping to improve OpenAlex’s general data, and to enrich data related to French research in particular, and beyond. This collaboration in an open ecosystem could ultimately generate economies of scale for many French and international players.

The MESR thus wishes to contribute to the emergence of solid alternative proposals to proprietary environments to promote transparency and open access to knowledge. This commitment is also in line with the Council conclusions on research evaluation and the implementation of open science, published in 2022 by the Council of the European Union as part of the French Presidency of the European Union.

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