OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY: We want a better world for all based on knowledge and learning

About

The Open Research Society (ORS) is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) and is not depending on any government, political party, political or religious organization or entities representing financial interests.

Objectives

Providing free access to knowledge and the results of scientific research to all people at national, European or international level.
The promotion and spreading of the idea of volunteering and voluntary offer among the creators of knowledge and the deliverers of scientific research.
The development of the citizens’ society without dependence or influence from state bodies and/or the market, as well as fighting off social exclusion in the fields of knowledge and scientific research.
The promotion of the lifelong learning idea and the distance learning method, especially by making use of computers and the internet.
Providing dedicated training and knowledge validation or metrication to individuals, professionals, executives and officials.

Some facts:

60% of the kids in the "3rd" WORLD do not have access to learning.
80% of Research Projects Outcomes remain unexploited at global level after the completion of projects
European Union Projects suffer from poor dissemination of results
75% of Publishers, at international level do not provide OPEN ACCESS to their scientific Journals
25% of people in modern societies are excluded by equal participation in the DIGITAL WORLD
Scientific community Needs to Pay a more active role in the BIG PROBLEMS of our times
Collaboration and Understanding at global level needs the establishment of human networks and infrastructures
OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY intends to play a role at international level promoting OPEN LEARNING, OPEN KNOWLEDGE, OPEN RESEARCH and motivating people to participate

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Membership

Any person over 18 years of age can become member, or any legal entity not clashing with the fundamental principles of the Society. There are two options of membership:

Official Members: Listed in the NGO official members section, and holding all the rights for participation in elections. Official Members of the Open Research Society can serve on the Editorial Boards of the Open Research Journals and in the governance of the Open Research Society. An annual payment of 45euros is required. It is needed to fill in the registration form.
Supporters: Without need to be registered members and without requirement for a registration payment supporters declare the support to the vision of Open Research Society, promote the principles and particiapte in volunteer basis to Open Research Society actions. If you want to be a Supporter fill in the relevant form available below.
Through PayPal, register now as a full member of Open Research Society. The registration is 45.00 euros/year. Please also fill in the Registration form and send back according to the details you will find in the form. The payment is required only for the full registered members and not the "supporters".

Registration Forms:

Official Member Registration form
Supporter Declaration form

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News:

[NEW]: Read our just published 34 pages newsletter

[NEW]: Browse the first 67 OPEN RESEARCH JOURNALS

[NEW] Athens World Summit on the Knowledge Society Brochure [Download 10 pages]
[NEW] Knowledge & Society: Bulletin of the ORS [Download 40 pages]
[NEW] ORS Poster Calendar 2008 [Download]
[NEW] ORS PROJECTS Brochure [Download]
[NEW] ORS Poster [Download]
[NEW] ORS Call for Regional Chapters [Download]
[NEW] ORS Goals [Download]
[NEW] ORS JOURNALS principles [Download]
[NEW] No More!! [Download]

Reflections to what people say about OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY:

Recently and due to our activity concerning OPEN RESEARCH JOURNALS we noticed in several blogs and other internet sites some interesting posts that we would like to comment:

E.g.:

- Some people think that our initiative is against typical publishers. WE ARE NOT COMPETING WITH PUBLISHERS. WE JUST PROMOTE the OPEN ACCESS VISION AND WE PROPOSE THINGS BEYOND OPEN ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. OPEN RESEARCH JOURNALS will meet the best Quality Standards and will be circulated all over the world with OPEN ACCESS. And OPEN RESEARCH JOURNALS is a small portion of our activity and social role.

- Some people emphasized on the "Design Quality" of the site. We agree with them. But the site is made - is in fact an offer- by a supporter - a person with "special capacities". A great thank you to him. OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY is a non for profit organization and our funds are limited to our memberships. So if you want we would be happy to help us have a better web site.

- Many people rated our site in Web 2.0 applications [like DELICIOUS, and many others] and brought many people to our pages. A GREAT THANK YOU to all of them.

- For the typos, errors, mistakes in our pages, accept our apologies, in our limited time we made more than our capacities permit. If you want give a hand to be better.

Journals Collection see all covers>

ACCOUNTING, BANKING AND FINANCE enter
MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY enter
GLOBAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMY enter
COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT enter
MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND GLOBAL ISSUES enter
LIFE SCIENCES enter
SOCIETY THEMES enter
KNOWLEDGE – LEARNING - EDUCATION enter
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS enter