The predominant research publishing system is not equitable by design, nor optimised to advance research to create knowledge and ultimately to benefit society. Open Research Central (ORC) was created to foster the re-imagination of the research dissemination system to facilitate trust, transparency and equitable participation. In five years of operation, before dissolving, the non-profit organisation produced outputs and learnings valuable to the development of a responsible research dissemination system. We are sharing our experience in the hope that it will provide others who share the same vision and goals with useful materials to build on. We think that there remains a need for global, cross-stakeholder exploration to build collective understanding of research validation and dissemination and to pilot solutions. However, as this article will explore, enabling and supporting the development of such a collective voice and consequent action is a challenging endeavour in the current landscape and funding environment.

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cOAlition S Strasbourg France

Dutch Research Council NWO The Haque The Netherlands

F1000 Research Ltd London UK

National Institute of Science and Technology Policy Tokyo Japan

National Library of Technology University of Chemistry and Technology Prague Czech Republic

Open Research Central London UK

SPARC Washington DC USA

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