Europe’s largest academic conference. 20,000+ participants. Hundreds of sessions every day. And yet, somehow, everything runs remarkably smoothly. #EGU26 truly is an event unlike any other.

We were honoured to present the AQUANAVI project at the conference this year, which brings together @LeibnizIGB, @wikidata, and Open Knowledge Maps.

A big thank you to all participants, the session conveners, and @copernicus_org for organising such an impressive event at this scale.

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We’re delighted to share that the City of Vienna (MA 7 - Cultural Department) is providing basic funding for Open Knowledge Maps in 2026 🎉

This support strengthens Open Knowledge Maps as a public-interest research infrastructure, in line with the city's commitment to sustaining the diversity and infrastructure of Vienna's cultural and scientific landscape.

Read the full announcement: https://openknowledgemaps.org/news/2026/02/24/support-stadt-wien

#OpenScience #OpenInfrastructures @wien

New year, new connections ✨

We warmly welcome the University College of Teacher Education Vienna (PH Wien) as a supporting member! PH Wien is the first university college of teacher education in Austria to pledge their support to Open Knowledge Maps.

Learn more here ▶️ https://openknowledgemaps.org/news/2026/02/17/supporting-member-phwien

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❓Do you know what Europe’s fifth freedom is?

❗The free movement of research, innovation & knowledge.

The route towards this freedom was at the heart of the ERA Symposium 2025, which featured a keynote from European Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva and speeches from Austrian Ministers Eva-Maria Holzleitner and Peter Hanke.

We were honoured to present Open Knowledge Maps at this high-level event, and we're excited to help advance a more open and connected European Research Area.

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📈 Better data, better discovery

Our PubMed integration now uses Crossref citations for more accurate research overviews.

Citations determine the scale of both research areas and documents on our PubMed maps.

Explore the update 👉 https://openknowledgemaps.org/pubmed

#OpenScience #OpenInfrastructures @crossref

🤝 Responsible research assessment is key to advancing open science. At Open Knowledge Maps, we believe that assessment should be open, transparent, and recognise the full diversity of research contributions.

That’s why we’ve joined CoARA (@CoARAssessment) - to help foster practices that go beyond traditional metrics and support a more inclusive and equitable research system 🌍

We're excited to be part of this international movement for change! ✨

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