CERN Hosts Fee‑Free European Publishing Platform

CERN will provide the technical and operational infrastructure for an expanded Open Research Europe, an EU‑backed, fee‑free open‑access publishing platform that will broaden eligibility beyond EU‑funded researchers. The platform has a €17 million budget for 2026–31 (of which the EU provides €10 million) and has published over 1,200 articles since launch. — Public hosting of a fee‑free continental publishing platform signals a deliberate shift of scholarly communication infrastructure away from commercial gatekeepers toward community‑governed, state‑backed systems with implications for access, cost, and research governance.