OpenAIRE

Business Profile

Core Value Proposition

OpenAIRE provides a worldwide open scholarly communication infrastructure and services to support Open Science, open access, data sharing, and interlinked research outputs.

Target Customer

{"Researchers","Institutional leaders","Funders","Infrastructure providers","Research organisations"}

Key Differentiator

Interlinked scholarly knowledge graph with EOSC federation interoperability, supported by a long-running European network (NOADs) and a community-driven governance model, enabling discovery, linking, and FAIR data across publications, data, software, and projects.

Implementation Timeline

Not explicitly specified in the content; OpenAIRE highlights long-term operation (15+ years) and ongoing service improvements.

Pain Points

1Disconnected research outputs across repositories and platforms
2Need for FAIR data and interoperability across Europe
3Demand for a trusted, community-driven Open Science infrastructure and governance

Key Features

1Discover research, connect outputs, claim outputs, and search across publications, data, software, and projects
2Connect repositories and share knowledge; monitor activity across outputs
3Plan data and software management with EOSC-ready gateways; track trends and impact with real-time analytics
4Create and map FAIR data and software; disambiguate organizations; link outputs to projects and funders
5Access a global Scholix index to discover links between datasets and publications

Target Customer Industries

Decision Makers

1Chair of the Executive Board
2Executive Board member
3General Assembly member

Client Results

1200+ million linked publications, data, and software across the OpenAIRE ecosystem
215+ years of Open Science empowerment across Europe
330+ National Nodes federating Open Science support across Europe
4EOSC interoperability backbone enabling federation and interoperability

Competitive Advantages

1EOSC interoperability backbone and federation support for Europe
2Longstanding, non-profit, community-driven governance and network (NOADs)
3Comprehensive service catalogue plus governance, training, and community ecosystems
4Explicit focus on FAIR data, data linking, and machine-actionable workflows
5Open licenses and policies (e.g., CC BY 4.0) and policy alignment with Open Science standards

Key Benefits

1Unified discovery and linking of research outputs (publications, data, software, projects)

2FAIR data and interoperability across repositories and platforms

3EOSC-ready gateways to showcase research results and support governance

4Real-time analytics for tracking trends, impact, and alignment with funders and institutions

5Community-driven, policy-aligned Open Science ecosystem with training and support

Additional Product Information

Product Description

OpenAIRE is a non-profit, community-driven initiative providing Open Science infrastructure, services, and policies to support open access, data sharing, and scholarly communication in Europe and beyond.

Target Market

Researchers, universities and research organisations, funders, and infrastructure providers involved in Open Science and European research ecosystems

Unique Value Proposition

A globally connected, EOSC-backed scholarly knowledge graph and infrastructure that links publications, data, software, and projects, enabling discovery, FAIR data practices, and large-scale impact analytics across Europe and beyond.

Technical Requirements

{"OpenAIRE APIs provide access to a graph of interlinked metadata and to article PDFs (PDF access may be restricted by content providers)","APIs and services are described with technical documentation and are hosted in OpenAIRE infrastructure (data center facilities at ICM, Poland)","APIs and services operate with 24/7 target availability as per SLA documentation"}

Pricing Model

Not specified in the provided content

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