Open Science Barometer
TheFrench Open Science Barometer (BSO)is one of the initiatives underthe National Plan for Open Science. Launched in 2019, it tracks the national rate of open-access research publications: publications in which at least one of the authors is affiliated with an institution in France. Any research institution can now request that the Ministry provide these indicators to create its own Barometer.
In 2022, UM launched a local version of the French Open Science Barometer (BSO). It covers publications from 2017 to 2025 in which at least one of the authors is affiliated with our university.
The open access rate for publications released in 2022 rose from 73% to 81% in 2025.
Open Access Rate of Publications from the University of Montpellier
For the entire University
The trend toward open access in university publications
Pathways to Publishing at the University
Reach, by publication type
Reach, by language of publication
Citing data from the Research – [beta] version
Percentage of the University’s publications that mention the use of data
Percentage of the University’s publications that report having generated their own data
Percentage of the University’s publications that mention data sharing
Percentage of the University’s publications that include a “Data Availability Statement” section
Regarding source code & software – [Beta] version
Percentage of the University’s publications that mention the use of code or software, by year of publication
Percentage of the University’s publications that mention the development of their own code or software, by year of publication
Percentage of the university’s publications that mention the sharing of their code or software
By subject
Trends in openness, by discipline
Pathways to admission, by discipline
By publishers
Trends in openness, by publisher
Publishing Business Models at the University
Licenses for the Open Access Publication of Scholarly Works at the University
The Financial Impact of Publication Costs at the University
In the open archives
The Trend Toward Making University Publications Available in Open Access Repositories
The most frequently used open archives for the University's publications
HAL's Role Among the Open Archives Used at the University
For doctoral dissertations
Changes in the annual rate of doctoral dissertations made publicly available
The distribution of doctoral dissertations by field of study
Disclaimer : The data used for the Montpellier Barometer comes from various sources, such as Web of Science, SciVal, and HAL. Despite cross-referencing this data, the list of publications included is not exhaustive. In fact, only publications with a DOI can be included at this time. Since publications in the Humanities and Social Sciences are generally underrepresented in databases, they may also be underrepresented in the Barometer. The inclusion of publications listed in HAL without a DOI is planned for the near future.