2026/05/26 by Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, Hans de Jonge, Bianca Kramer +3 · 1 voice
paper · doi:10.5281/zenodo.20189998
openalex publication_date 2026/05/26 · openalex created_date 2026/05/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
This document is the result of a roundtable workshop co-organized by the Barcelona Declaration Working Group on Funding Metadata and Crossref to discuss the challenges and opportunities for improving open funding metadata. Representatives from different stakeholder groups, including funders, publishers, and infrastructure providers, came together for a candid discussion about current barriers and opportunities for joint solutions. Improving the quality of open funding metadata requires improving how this information is captured, structured, and shared across the scholarly communication ecosystem. The recommendations presented here reflect the collective expertise and commitment of the participants to build a more transparent, interoperable, and efficient funding metadata ecosystem. This document provides an overview of what open funding metadata is, why it matters, the current barriers to quality and coverage, and concrete actions that each stakeholder group can take to achieve this shared goal. A concise summary of the Call to Action is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20190156