Can we afford the future? Cameron Neylon & I built an analytics pipeline projecting consortium costs under different scenarios. Using data from #CAUL/#Bibsam we show publicly available metadata can be used to build publishing profiles and project publishing services costs. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

📍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. Join Miranda Bennett and Colleen Campbell for 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚. Explore the negotiation framework from the JTF of @oa2020.org + Barcelona Declaration. 📅 3 Nov | 1:00–4:00 pm EDT

🌍 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? Join @msphelps.bsky.social at #LIBER2026 to learn about the Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata (Barcelona Declaration + @oa2020.org) 📅 1 July | 11:00 CEST 🔗 liberconference.eu/parallel-ses...

We know who cites research. But do we know who funds it? 💰 Today, the Barcelona Declaration WG on Funding Metadata is publishing 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚: 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and a companion background document. 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026052...

SAVE THE DATE! Announcing 2026 Conference of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information - November 24-25 in Berlin. Theme: Aligning policy & practical implementation co-organized with @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de and @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social

⚙️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞? In NL, research evaluation is shifting. Key frameworks move to open data → more transparency, scrutiny, less reliance on closed systems. 𝐀𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. ✍️ @ludowaltman.bsky.social & @hldejonge.bsky.social 🔽 Read more

🇫🇷 𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞! France now has a national network within the Barcelona Declaration, led by @nalarcon.bsky.social (@sorbonne-universite.fr), bringing organisations together to advance open research information. 🔗 Learn how our community is organising: barcelona-declaration.org/national_net...

Bárbara Rivera López took part in the closing event at @clacso.bsky.social (Buenos Aires), as part of the project “Tracking research funding flows in the Global South”. Without open metadata, it remains difficult to understand who funds what. 🎥 Video + interview youtu.be/pbKkqxU_ekk?...

Bárbara Rivera López participó en un encuentro en @clacso.bsky.social, en el marco del proyecto “Rastrear los flujos de financiamiento a la investigación en el Sur Global”. Sin metadatos abiertos, sigue siendo difícil saber quién financia qué. 🎥 Video + entrevista youtu.be/pbKkqxU_ekk?...

OpenAlex (openalex.org) is rapidly closing the gap in funding metadata coverage. Re-using a dataset of NWO-funded papers we find they're now on par with Scopus and just slightly behind Dimensions. Full analysis with @hldejonge.bsky.social : 🔗 bmkramer.github.io/SesameOpenSc...

Happy to share our new piece (w/ @msphelps.bsky.social) on #metadata completeness in @crossref.bsky.social and submission systems was published by @plos.org. We'd be delighted to continue the conversation with publishers and submission system vendors: 👆🏾https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0345417.

🌍 #OpenDataDay is a moment to reflect on the societal impact of open data, and how different parts of the ecosystem connect. A new piece by our Executive Director @msphelps.bsky.social explores the role of open research information within this broader open landscape. 🔗 openstate.eu/en/2026/03/o...

Bonjour Couperin 🇫🇷 We’re delighted to welcome Couperin as a new signatory of the Barcelona Declaration. Couperin brings together 250+ research and higher education institutions in France, promoting access to scientific information. 📰 Read the news: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026030...

Join the Barcelona Declaration webinar on POSI this Monday! 👇👇👇

Check out the Graph's data in the ORION collective! A coordinated effort to making #OpenResearch information combinable and actionable at scale, reducing duplication & easing pressure on #APIs.

Technical note: When using this 👆 OpenAIRE snapshot in Google Big Query: Please note that the Relations table has been split to cut down on query size (and costs) - full documentation here: github.com/bmkramer/met...

Newly updated OpenAIRE graph dataset (snapshot date 2026-01-29) now available on Google Big Query as part of ORION collective orion-dbs.community Thanks @openaire.bsky.social @openairegraph.bsky.social for making the dataset available to share!

📅 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Why does open research information matter in practice? Join @thebiancadelrio.bsky.social (Executive Director, Barcelona Declaration) and an international panel. 🗓️ 3 March 2026 · 14:00–15:30 CET 🌐 Online · English 👉 forschung-daten.at/en/article/b...

Join the Barcelona Declaration webinar: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈 𝐯𝟐 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 📅 2 March 2026 · 🕒 14:00–15:15 UTC · 🌐 Online, open to all With @crossref.bsky.social, @datacite.org, @doaj.bsky.social & @europepmc.org 👉 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

What's better than an open research information resource? Multiple open research information resources that can be combined together! Happy to participate in ORION, an effort to coordinate making ORI resources available in the cloud, with initial (!) focus on BigQuery doi.org/10.54900/2pn...

Today we launch ORION: a coordinated initiative to make open research information more inclusive, accessible and democratic. Our experience with GoogleBigQuery support collaborative and community solutions for ORI infrastructures, increasing sustainability & resilience. doi.org/10.54900/2pn...

What's better than an open research information resource? Multiple open research information resources that can be combined together! Happy to participate in ORION, an effort to coordinate making ORI resources available in the cloud, with initial (!) focus on BigQuery doi.org/10.54900/2pn...

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The Netherlands Barcelona Declaration Network shows how shared principles are becoming concrete priorities for 2026 across assessment, CRIS, responsible AI, and open research information. Read more: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026021...

Hear from @crossref.bsky.social @datacite.org @doaj.bsky.social and @europepmc.org on sustaining open infrastructure ℹ️ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨: barcelona-declaration.org/20260211_web...

📣Save the date 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈 𝐯𝟐 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐀 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 🗓️ Mon 2 March 2026 · 14:00–15:15 UTC 🌐 Online · Open to everyone 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🎥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞! Institutional journeys from Europe & Latin America toward open research information systems. Co-hosted by Barcelona Declaration WG4 + @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social. ▶️ Watch: youtu.be/lKzPY_pjDCU

🎧 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧. 𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 @msphelps.bsky.social recently joined the UTU Open Science Accelerator podcast for a thoughtful discussion on the impact of open research information and how the Barcelona Declaration community 🔽

PKP supports @barcelonadori.bsky.social! @msphelps.bsky.social shares importance of integrated #OpenResearch info, including PKP software use (OJS, OPS) globally (eg @latindex.bsky.social , @scielo.org ) and Africa (eg @ajol.info ) + more at #DOASummit2026 2:10:09: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zjJ...

🌍 LA Referencia joins the Barcelona Declaration as a Supporter! This strengthens our commitment to open, trustworthy & interoperable research information infrastructures across regions. ✨ Bienvenido, LA Referencia! 🔗 More info: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026020...

🌍 ¡LA Referencia se suma a la Declaración de Barcelona como adherente! Esto refuerza nuestro compromiso con infraestructuras abiertas, confiables e interoperables de información de investigación entre regiones. ✨ ¡Bienvenidos! 🔗 Más info: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026020... ⬇️

🎤 Speakers: • Imma Subirats Coll, FAO AIMS, FAO • Lautaro Matas, LA Referencia • @qornik.bsky.social, @crossref.bsky.social • @msphelps.bsky.social, Barcelona Declaration • Ellen Tise, Stellenbosch University / ORCID Board

🌍 The Barcelona Declaration joins the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access 🧩 Workshop: Metadata Standards, Interoperability & Persistent Identifiers for Diamond OA 📅 Mon 2 Feb | 🕒 06:00–08:30 CET / 10:30–13:00 IST 🔎 diamondoasummit.org ▶️ Live: www.youtube.com/@IIHRMM

🔗 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜: barcelona-declaration.org/downloads/ba... 🔗 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞: barcelona-declaration.org/downloads/ba... 🔗 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧: barcelona-declaration.org/downloads/ba... Each new translation helps strengthen connections across communities 🌍🤝

🌍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜, 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 Hello | مرحبًا | こんにちは | Salut With these new translations, the Declaration is now available in 𝟏𝟖 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, supporting engagement with open research information across regions and contexts. ⬇️

🔹 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 @investinopen.bsky.social · @scossfunding.bsky.social · TSOSI 🎥 Video: youtu.be/nf_5px0Pjzs 📄 Slides: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Sustainability isn’t just about funding: it’s about governance, coordination, visibility, and community-led approaches.

🔹 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 OpenAlex · @openaire.bsky.social · @opencitations.bsky.social 🎥 Video: youtu.be/gpyO3TErTMw 📄 Slides: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... ⬇️

🧩 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝟓 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 They explore a shared question: How can governance, community, and institutional support work together to sustain open research infrastructures? ⬇️

🔎 2025 highlights 🤝 Three years of secured funding 🌍 30 new signatories & 7 supporters from 17 countries 🏛️ In-person moments (Bologna) + ongoing webinars 🧩 7 Working Groups advancing concrete work 🔗 Full 2025 in Review: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026010...

✨ 2025 in Review: Advancing Open Research Information as a Community In 2025, the Declaration continued to grow as a community-driven initiative, advancing concrete work to improve the openness, transparency, and community governance of research information; with more to come in 2026 🔽

🗓️2026 starts with a relevant development around research information @acm.org fully transitions to open access publishing, but puts metadata and search in ACM Digital Library behind paywall. More context: 🔗 cacm.acm.org/opinion/gran... www.ipetitions.com/petition/res...

Season’s greetings from the Barcelona Declaration 🟣🟡 As the year comes to a close, thank you to everyone who makes this community possible: across working groups, task forces, and all the conversations in between. Wishing you a well-deserved break. Onward to 2026, together.

Highlights: ✨ statements alone aren’t sufficient 🔎 enables analysis & verification across outputs 🏗️ infrastructure matters (for example, Crossref Grant IDs) + stronger workflows 🔗 clear roles for funders, publishers & infrastructure providers

This post by @hldejonge.bsky.social, Katharina Rieck and Zoe Ancion (Barcelona Declaration Working Group Coordintors) examines what’s needed beyond funding statements in individual publications and why open, structured funder metadata is important.

Open funder metadata is essential for true research transparency Funding transparency is key for trust in research. Recent guidance from COPE and the International Science Council confirms it’s firmly on the agenda. 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/news/2025121...

The blogpost is a commentary on recent interventions by the the Committee on Publication Ethics @publicationethics.bsky.social and the International Science Council (ISC) @sciencecouncil.bsky.social

To be truly effective funder metadata should be made openly accessible to all beyond the level of individual publications. Blog post by @hldejonge.bsky.social Katharina Rieck and Zoé Ancion (co-chairs of the Barcelona Declaration working group on funding metadata) blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Come and hear what other institutions are already doing to transition to using and producing open research information! Webinar on Dec 4 15:00-16:30, organized by the Barcelona Declaration in collaboration with Helmholtz Open Science Office 👇👇👇

Delighted to see this announcement by @uva.nl of its signature of the @barcelonadori.bsky.social www.uva.nl/shared-conte... Support for the Barcelona Declaration keeps growing in the Netherlands! @cwtsnl.bsky.social

2/2 • 45 funders using Grant IDs (250k+ links) • Standardisation + coordination = faster progress🔗 Read: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2025102... #FundingMetadata #OpenScience #OpenResearchInformation

1/2 Moving funding metadata forward: highlights from our round table (co-organized with @crossref.bsky.social) New blog by @hldejonge.bsky.social , based on Working Group 3 (Funding Metadata) • ~25% Crossref records have funding info ⬇️