Open Research Europe
Open Research Europe is an open access publishing website for research outputs, open peer review, European Commission-funded work, and a CERN-hosted publishing platform expanding in 2026.
What Open Research Europe is
Open Research Europe, often shortened to ORE, is an open access publishing website at ore.eu and a publishing platform for research outputs. ORE describes itself as a venue for open, transparent publishing with open peer review, created to make publicly funded research freely accessible.
European Commission origins
ORE was established in 2021 by the European Commission. The Commission describes Open Research Europe as its open access publishing platform for research funded by EU programmes. The platform was built to give eligible researchers a route to publish without author-facing fees while meeting open access expectations.
Open publishing model
ORE follows an open publishing model rather than a traditional closed review workflow. Articles are made available, then evaluated through open peer review. This gives readers more visibility into reviewer identities, reports, article versions, and the process by which research is assessed.
Eligibility and 2026 transition
As of June 1, 2026, ORE states that the existing platform continues to welcome article submissions until autumn 2026. The new CERN-hosted phase keeps eligibility for researchers funded through EU framework programmes from Horizon 2020 onward, and plans to expand eligibility from autumn 2026 to researchers from participating European countries.
CERN-hosted phase
The new ORE site describes CERN as the operating and hosting organization. It also describes a collective governance structure involving a Funders' Group, an Executive Committee, and a Scientific Advisory Board. That shift matters because ORE is moving from a European Commission-funded service toward a broader European open publishing infrastructure.
What researchers use it for
Researchers use ORE to publish research outputs, make articles openly available, link supporting data and materials, and go through transparent peer review. The platform is especially relevant for projects connected to EU research funding, open science requirements, and public access to publicly funded research.
Strengths and limits
ORE is strongest when a researcher needs an open access venue aligned with funder expectations and open peer review. Its limits are tied to eligibility, scope, and transition timing. Users should check the current submission site, current policies, article types, review status, and funder eligibility before treating ORE as a fit for a specific manuscript.
Why it matters
Open access publishing changes who can read research, but publishing infrastructure also shapes who can publish, how review is documented, and how public funding turns into public knowledge. ORE matters because it is a large public-sector experiment in open access, open peer review, and funder-supported publishing infrastructure.
WHOIS domain data
Data pulled: June 1, 2026View current WHOIS record
- Domain
- ore.eu
- IP address
- 185.199.110.153
- Lookup result
- Who.is shows ore.eu as a registered domain, but did not expose registrar, creation, expiration, nameserver, or contact fields at the time of the pull.