Acting in favour of open and shared scientific research
The French Committee for Open Science ensures the implementation of the National Open Science Policy.

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Headlines
The Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) publishes the results of the French Open Science Monitor for 2024. For the sixth consecutive year, it measures the rate of French research publications…
The blog
News from the Committee
Le 04/04/2025
The aim of the Small Encyclopedia of Open Science developed by the Committee for Open Science is to disseminate clear and comprehensive knowledge on ten key open science topics. Open Science Infrastructure Open Scientific Data Languages of Science Uses of…

The National Fund for Open Science
Le 12/03/2025
“Open scientific scholarly publishing” In order to pursue its goal of structuring the ecosystem of open access edition, the FNSO[1]Created in 2019, the National Fund for Open Science (FNSO) is the national instrument of the National Plan for Open Science.…

News from the Committee
Le 31/01/2025
A state of the art, by the Software and Sources Codes College of the Committee for Open Science Launched in 2022, the Software and Sources Codes college of the Committee for Open Science works on the ambitions of the National…
Ongoing projects
Legal affairs expert group
Open scientific publishing expert group
Transparency and publicising the results of health research
The definition and recognition of data management and dissemination activities
Passport for open science
Publication and self-archiving policies
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