Expanding the OpenAIRE Graph: New Data Sources Through the EOSC Federation
The OpenAIRE Graph is a global open infrastructure linking over 400 million metadata records from more than 100,000 trusted sources. It provides interconnected metadata on publications, research data, software, grants, institutional affiliations, and impact indicators. As part of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) initiative, a unified digital space for European research, the OpenAIRE Graph plays a critical role in making research more accessible across Europe and beyond. Through our participation in the EOSC Federation's build-up phase, we are integrating research catalogues from diverse national and thematic sources, enriching what researchers can discover, access, and reuse through the Graph.
OpenAIRE's role in the EOSC Federation
OpenAIRE compliant = seamless EOSC integration
- EOSC Node Italy, with its extensive network of OpenAIRE-compliant institutional repositories
- EOSC Node SURF The Netherlands, with Netherlands Research Portal, based on the OpenAIRE Graph and powered by OpenAIRE CONNECT
- EOSC Poland, with its OpenAIRE-compliant repository of open data, RePOD
- PaNOSC (Photon and Neutron Open Science Cloud), with publications and data repositories already partially integrated into the Graph
- EUDAT, whose B2Find service implemented OpenAIRE guidelines through collaboration during the EOSC Future project
- Life Science Research Node, with EuropePMC, included in the OpenAIRE Graph since its inception
- Data Terra, with the Seanoe data repository
Expanding coverage: new sources join the Graph and the EOSC Resource Catalogue
- EOSC Finland Node, with Research.fi, Finland's national research platform, bringing comprehensive coverage of Finnish research outputs
- EOSC Node Germany, with the BERD Data Portal, a specialised repository for business, economic, and related data from the national research infrastructure NFDI
- EOSC Node Slovakia, with rUMBA, the repository of Matej Bel University
- CERN and its CERN Open Data Portal, extending coverage to unique particle physics data
- EOSC Node Digital Twin of the Ocean, with the Blue-Cloud Catalogue, expanding our marine and ocean science coverage
What this means for Open Science
By integrating these diverse sources, the OpenAIRE Graph now captures a richer spectrum of scientific knowledge, making research more discoverable and accessible across disciplines, geographic regions, and research communities.
This integration also demonstrates a sustainable model for open science infrastructure: when research communities adopt common standards like the OpenAIRE Guidelines, their outputs become discoverable, reusable, and interoperable, not just within their own domains, but across the entire European research ecosystem and beyond, promoting the kind of interdisciplinary collaboration that drives innovation.
Get involved
For repository managers: If you manage a research repository or data catalogue, implementing the OpenAIRE Guidelines will amplify the visibility and impact of your content within the global research community and position you for seamless integration with the EOSC.
For researchers: Explore these newly integrated sources through the OpenAIRE EXPLORE portal. Discover Finnish research outputs, dive into CERN's open data, explore marine science collections, or find specialised economic datasets, all interconnected within a unified search environment.
Together, we are building an open science ecosystem that truly reflects the diversity of research across Europe. The more we connect, the more we unlock the potential for unexpected discoveries that drive science forward.
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