🎉 The Principles of Open Science Monitoring have been launched!
📺 Watch the launch recording at the Open Science: Monitoring Progress, Assessing Impact conference that took place on 7 July 2025 at UNESCO in Paris.
👉https://open-science-monitoring.org/events/
The Principles are a framework developed through international collaboration to support the design of open science monitoring systems. Aimed at policymakers, funders, institutions, and infrastructures, the Principles promote transparency, inclusiveness, and adaptability in tracking open science progress.
OSMI initiators Laetitia Bracco and Nicolas Fressengeas described how the Principles are:
☑️ modular and flexible by design, not one-size-fits-all
☑️ striving for openness through transparency
☑️ not intended to create a new research ranking system
☑️ intended to incentivise making Open Science the standard for science.
🌍 The presentation was followed by a discussion among an international panel of experts who represent different stakeholder groups from national or regional policymakers to service providers and institutions. Michelle Barker (Research Software Alliance), Arianna Becerril (Sistema de Información Científica Redalyc, Red de Revistas Científicas), Kamran Naim (CERN), and Marc Vanholsbeeck (BELSPO – Belgian Science Policy Office) with discussion led by Vanessa Proudman from SPARC Europe.
The panel reflected on the Principles’ potential impact in diverse contexts worldwide and
☑️ note the usefulness of the Principles for developing and assessing Open Science Monitoring frameworks in organisations and in regional, national and international contexts
☑️ celebrate the inclusivity and transparency of the Principles
☑️ welcome their ability to be applied in different contexts at different levels, due to the Principles’ modular design, which was considered unique
☑️ value the coverage of multiple research output types and outcomes
☑️ agree that the Principles can help find evidence-based, non-exclusionary narratives about OS
☑️ consider it important to monitor exclusion: who is left behind by language, gender, etc. and the gaps in OS
☑️ see the Principles as timely, as many local and national policy efforts are underway, particularly when evaluating research data and software.
All are invited to read the Principles. OSMI looks forward to hearing how they work in practice.