The principle of open access has been enshrined in CIRAD’s institutional strategy since 2006. Its research teams are encouraged to disseminate their scientific results as openly as possible.

Open Access to Knowledge is a global movement seeking immediate, open and free access, with unrestricted use, for all original scientific research results, raw data, metadata, source documents, images and multimedia documents. 

Open access renders research more effective, improves the visibility of authors and enhances the impact of their work. It removes organizational and geographical barriers that impede the free circulation of knowledge. It facilitates collaboration, strengthening scientific excellence and skills. By permitting the re-use and computerized analysis of published results, open access promotes innovation and interdisciplinarity. It encourages global exchanges to the benefit of the scientific community, the economy and society as a whole (Science Europe Principles on Open Access to Research Publications).

CIRAD is a founding signatory of

• In 2022, the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA).
• In 2018, the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
• In 2017, the “Appel de Jussieu” call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity.
• In 2006, then in 2012, the partnership agreement backing open archives and the national platform HAL.
• In 2006, the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.

CIRAD maintains an open repository of its publications

It is compulsory for CIRAD staff to upload their publications to Agritrop, its institutional open repository. In 2024, Agritrop held 116,268 references and 65,209 full-text documents, of which 39,872 are openly accessible via the Internet. In 2023, Ranking Web of Repositories ranked Agritrop 2nd out of all French open repositories.
Agritrop uses open source software and international standards for the management and open dissemination of its metadata, in conformance with FAIR principles. Through Agritrop, CIRAD contributes to FAO’s Agris database and the European Union’s OpenAire repository.

CIRAD’s research data repository is part of the world Dataverse network

CIRAD has an institutional repository, CIRAD Dataverse, for data resulting from its research. It is based on the Dataverse open source software and conforms to FAIR principles.
CIRAD makes available its collection of research data on the French national data repository Recherche Data Gouv.

CIRAD publishes open access journals and books

CIRAD Revela is the site that provides open access to current and archival issues of its journals: Bois et forêts des tropiques, Cahiers Agricultures, Fruits, Natures Sciences Sociétés, Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux and CIRAD’s policy brief Perspective.
CIRAD is a partner in Éditions Quae publishers. In 2023, Quae offered 225 e-books free of charge on its Quae Open site and 158 on the DOAD and OAPEN platforms.

CIRAD publishes a digital library on tropical agriculture

NumBA is CIRAD’s digital library devoted to the history of agriculture in tropical and Mediterranean regions since the end of the 19th century. It provides access to rare documents, maps and iconographies.

CIRAD promotes open access while respecting its partners rights and current regulations

CIRAD follows the recommendations of its Joint Consultative Committee on Ethics regarding ethical and deontological issues surrounding research data sharing and management.
CIRAD contributed to the report “Ouverture des données de la recherche. Guide d’analyse du cadre juridique en France.”
The CIRAD CoopIST website provides a set of advice notes for the open dissemination of publications and research data.
On the French DMP OPIDoR platform, CIRAD offers a Data Management Plan (DMP) template based on the European Union’s H2020 model.
On the Open APC website, CIRAD publishes its expenditure for open access publication of scientific articles.
CIRAD presents its open access publication indicators in its annual activity report. 
Agritrop provides links for access to open data sets associated with publications.
CIRAD’s Où publier database provides access to a list of reputable journals and publishers.

CIRAD, DGDRS-DISCO, 2018, update february 2024