Open Science & Open Source Ecosystem Map

This page visualizes key organizations, platforms, and initiatives that make up the open science and open source ecosystem. Categories span community groups, infrastructure, funding, publishing, and beyond. Click on a category to jump to its section.

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Categories


Community & Networking

Organization Description Website
rOpenSci Community for developing and promoting open tools and best practices in research software https://ropensci.org
pyOpenSci Python open science community focused on peer review and standards https://pyopensci.org
Open Science Foundation (OSF) Platform and community for open research workflows https://osf.io
The Carpentries Teaching foundational coding and data science skills https://carpentries.org
Open Life Science Mentoring program for open science ambassadors https://openlifesci.org
The Turing Way Guide for reproducible ethical https://the-turing-way.netlify.app
R-Ladies Global organization to promote gender diversity in the R community https://rladies.org
CSIDNet The Climate Sensitive Infectious Disease Network connects a global community that contributes to CSID software tools and links existing on-the-ground issues and initiatives. https://csidnet.org

Funding & Grants

Organization Description Website
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Funds open science software and infrastructure https://chanzuckerberg.com
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Supports research in science, technology and economics https://sloan.org
Mozilla Foundation Grants for internet health and open source https://mozilla.org
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Data-Driven Discovery Initiative funding https://moore.org
NumFOCUS Fiscal sponsorship for open source scientific projects https://numfocus.org
Wellcome Trust Global charitable foundation supporting science and health https://wellcome.org
RConsortium Supports the R community through grants and infrastructure https://r-consortium.org

Infrastructure & Platforms

Organization Description Website
GitHub Code hosting and collaboration platform https://github.com
GitLab DevOps platform with CI/CD https://gitlab.com
Zenodo Research outputs repository with DOIs https://zenodo.org
ORCID Persistent digital identifier for researchers https://orcid.org
figshare Repository for research outputs and data https://figshare.com
Codeberg Open source https://EU-hosted git forge and collaborative platform

Training & Education

Organization Description Website
FORRT Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training https://forrt.org
Code Refinery Train in research software development https://coderefinery.org
Programming Historian Publish novice-friendly, peer-reviewed tutorials that help humanists learn digital tools. https://programminghistorian.org
FOSTER Facilitating Open Science Training for European Research https://fosteropenscience.eu

Publishing & Peer Review

Organization Description Website
JOSS Journal of Open Source Software - peer review for research software https://joss.theoj.org
JOSE Journal of Open Source Education https://jose.theoj.org
PeerJ Open access peer-reviewed scientific journal https://peerj.com
eLife Open access journal with innovative review process https://elifesciences.org
F1000Research Open research publishing with open peer review https://f1000research.com

Standards & Best Practices

Organization Description Website
FAIR4RS FAIR principles for research software https://fair-software.eu
Software Sustainability Institute Better software for research https://software.ac.uk
Research Software Alliance Global community for research software https://researchsoft.org
Force11 Advancing scholarly communication https://force11.org
Open Source Initiative Steward of open source definition and licenses https://opensource.org

Advocacy & Policy

Organization Description Website
Center for Open Science Mission to increase openness and reproducibility https://cos.io
Creative Commons Open licensing for creative works https://creativecommons.org
Open Knowledge Foundation Promoting open data and open content https://okfn.org
SPARC Advocacy for open access and open education https://sparcopen.org
Right to Research Coalition Student voice for open access https://righttoresearch.org

Collaboration Tools

Organization Description Website
Slack Team communication platform https://slack.com
Discord Community chat platform https://discord.com
Discourse Open source discussion platform https://discourse.org
Gitter Chat for GitHub projects https://gitter.im
Zulip Organized team chat https://zulip.com

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This map is curated by the open science community.
First version by @yabellini. Updated by ORCA CAP Projects 2025