UM's Open Science Policy

In line with national policy, the University of Montpellier has been implementing its plan for reproducible science since 2019, led by the Vice President for Open Science and Research Data and supported by cross-functional departments and divisions.  

Specialized support teams assist research teams with open-access publishing, research data management, building their digital identity, and promoting their work. These teams are available upon request and organize training sessions and webinar series on all topics related to open science. 

Institutional spaces are available to UM members on national platforms such as the HAL-UM portal on the HAL open archive and the DataUMontpellier instance on the Recherche Data Gouv dataset portal, as well as on DMP-OPIDoR, the tool for creating data management plans.  

The University of Montpellier serves as the lead institution for the Montpellier Data Workshop, EcoDoR, which brings together research organizations in the Montpellier area to provide joint support for research data management. 

The University provides funding to organizations and projects that seek to make science more accessible and promote open-access publishing: Peer Community In (PCI) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). It is also a member of the ORCID France consortium, which promotes the adoption of this digital identifier by French researchers. It is also a member of the Couperin consortium, which works to provide access to digital scholarly resources and promote open science.