ROSIE General Guidelines on Responsible Open Science (2023), Responsible Open Science in Europe (ROSiE)

What is this about?

The ROSIE General Guidelines on Responsible Open Science (2023), produced by Responsible Open Science in Europe, provide practical guidance for open science across EU member states. Openness is framed as the default while respecting ethics, privacy, IP, and security, linking it to research quality, reproducibility, and equitable access. The guidelines cover open access publishing, FAIR data, data management plans, persistent identifiers, and repository use, while outlining responsibilities for researchers and institutions, justified embargoes, and exceptions for sensitive data. They emphasize enabling infrastructure, alignment with initiatives like Plan S and the European Open Science Cloud, and monitoring through compliance checks. Equity, inclusion, and responsible openness are central, with safeguards for personal or Indigenous data and support for publisher-agnostic, community-owned platforms. Implementation assigns clear roles to researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers, making the guidelines a coherent reference that connects European practice to global standards.

For whom is this important?

All stakeholders in research

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