Concept
Open science infrastructure
Shared services and platforms, such as repositories, indexes and identifier systems, that research needs in order to be open.
How it connects
What it is
- Crossref is a kind of Open science infrastructure.
- DOAJ is a kind of Open science infrastructure.
- Open Policy Finder is a kind of Open science infrastructure.
- OpenCitations is a kind of Open science infrastructure.
Connects to
- Open science infrastructure is part of Open science. The UNESCO Recommendation names open science infrastructures as one of the pillars of open science.
Related to
- Open science infrastructure relates to POSI. POSI sets out principles for governing, sustaining and insuring the organisations that run this kind of infrastructure.
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Details
Description
The UNESCO Recommendation describes them as shared research infrastructures, virtual or physical, that support open science and serve different communities, and says they should be not-for-profit and give permanent, unrestricted access. Repositories, open publication platforms and services that assign persistent identifiers are listed among the critical components.
Attributes
| url | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108934881 |
|---|---|
| identifiers | wikidata: Q108934881 |
| status | active |
| governance | Not applicable |
| prominence | extended |
| type | Concept |
| Tags | region: global |
Sources
- https://www.unesco-floods.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/379949eng.pdf(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Para. 9 defines open science infrastructures.
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108934881(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13)
- https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Principles for the organisations that run scholarly infrastructure.
Last reviewed: 2026-11-13
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