Open Research Central is a not-for-profit organisation created to enable the international research community to establish a consensus around how best to deliver a research dissemination system. A series of five open research publishing principles have been drafted and are governed by the Board of Directors, comprising representatives of the global scholarly system. Any publication venue adhering to these principles can apply to be indexed on ORC – see the current list of organisations providing such publishing venues.
Open Research Central
To foster the re-imagination of the research dissemination system to facilitate trust, collaboration, and transparency through setting norms and standards.
Open Research Central (ORC) has four core aims:
Define standards based on inclusive principles for the open dissemination of primary research outputs from across the research cycle and iterate these standards over time to ensure they continue to support the needs of all researchers and their communities, around the world.
Build a movement to expand the adoption of these standards by researchers, research funders, research performing organisations and others.
Encourage the community to provide researchers with services that meet these open research dissemination standards.
Promote these standards by certifying providers, implementing a platform to index compliant content, and establishing metrics to assess adoption and community benefit of these principles.