Research Institutions for a fair and sustainable science

Abstract

On the occasion of GenOA Week 2025, the CoPER Open Science Working Group (GLOS) coordina- tion team promoted a study day dedicated to the theme “Research Institutions for Equitable and Sustainable Science.”
This document was born from the desire to organize and share the reflections that emerged during the meeting on November 20, 2025.The aim of the meeting was to present the actions undertaken in areas of particular relevance, such as copyright in scientific communication and access to knowledge, the impact of security on open science and the state of the art of the Action Plans for the Evaluation Reform in the research institutions that have joined COARA (coara.org).
One of the first contributions, edited by colleagues from the National Research Council – Institute of Informatics and Telematics (CNR-IGSG) in Pisa, analyzes the importance of training researchers to raise awareness of their rights.
Indeed, it is necessary to inform and support them in managing publishing contracts so that they do not transfer exclusive property rights to the publisher. Another fundamental aspect is the right to secondary publication, that is, the ability of the author to republish their article in an open access archive. The Italian regulatory framework does not provide for this right, although it is recognized in some European countries.
The “Italian Collective Initiative to Support the Free Sharing and Dissemination of Science,” launched in 2024, represents a significant contribution to strengthening the debate on scientific communication rights in Italy.
Colleagues from the National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), involved in the issue of strengthening research, security illustrate the organizational phases of the inter- ministerial committee, coordinated by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR), which in 2025 produced guidelines for the integrity and security of research and a national model implementing the European Recommendation of 23 May 2024 (C/2024/3510). This includes a National Coordination Center for Research Security and...