The ANR's open science policy (2023), Agence Natinale de la Recherche
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The ANR's open science policy (2023), Agence Natinale de la Recherche
What is this about?
The ANR’s Open Science Policy (2023) sets national guidance for France on making research outputs as open as possible, while respecting ethics, privacy, intellectual property, and security. It requires open access to publications—preferably under Creative Commons licences—with deposition in trusted repositories, use of persistent identifiers, and FAIR-aligned data management. Researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers all share responsibilities: planning for openness from project start, retaining rights, acknowledging funding, and using repositories rather than relying on costly publication fees. Exceptions (e.g. sensitive or security-relevant data) must be transparently justified.
The policy promotes infrastructures like repositories and discovery services, aligns with international efforts such as Plan S and EOSC, and emphasises quality of openness (metadata, reproducibility, machine-readable formats) over quantity of outputs. It highlights equity, encouraging zero-embargo access, support for non-paywalled routes, and inclusive practices like multilingual communication. Implementation is supported through clear roles, training, reporting, and compliance monitoring, making it a practical, coherent reference for researchers, institutions, and policymakers.
